Election 2004: "race shaping up to be the most litigious in U.S. history"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The ballots have yet to be counted, much less recounted. But attorneys for President Bush (news - web sites) and John F. Kerry are already engaged in an intense legal battle for the presidency that could once again give the courts a say in who is declared the winner.

With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, an unprecedented number of lawsuits challenging basic election rules are pending in many of the battleground states. Both sides are in the final stages of training thousands of lawyers who will descend on the polls on Nov. 2 to watch for voter fraud or intimidation.

Each campaign has teams of attorneys ready in the event of a recount in one or more states. Both are hitting up donors to pay the legal tabs in case there is a disputed outcome that leaves the winner in doubt after the polls close.

And although Bush-Cheney general counsel Tom Josefiak said in an interview that "this election needs to be decided by the voters, not a bunch of lawyers," in a fundraising letter he sent out over the weekend he implored donors to "make sure we have the resources to defend the outcome of this election if it comes under attack." The GOP would not say how much it has raised.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&e=3&u=/washpost/20041020/ts_washpost/a46230_2004oct19

[LiberalFighter]

1. They better keep David Boise off the team.. He is worthless for elections

In Florida, the Kerry team is headed by Miami lawyer Steven Zack, whose partner, David Boies, argued Gore's case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000. Bush's Florida team is headed by Hayden Dempsey, who in 2000 worked as a lawyer for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Barry Richard, a Tallahassee lawyer who argued Bush's case before the Florida Supreme Court four years ago, is on tap to defend the president again if necessary.


David Boies is not qualified to practice law pertaining to elections. I watched him argue the case in 2000 and was vastly disappointed with his "expertise".