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Court Case Held as Candidate Banks on House Action in Disputed Florida 13 Race
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| Last Edited | *crickets chirp* May 12, 2007 11:55pm |
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| News Date | Friday, May 11, 2007 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bolstered by a House Administration Committee task force’s recent decision to investigate her protest of the 2006 election results in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, Democrat Christine Jennings has at least temporarily shelved her efforts to persuade the Florida courts to overturn the certified victory of Republican Vern Buchanan.
Jennings on Wednesday filed a motion in the First District Court of Appeal in Florida to stay her appeal of a lower-court ruling against her, stating that “issues of practicality and timing weigh heavily in favor of deferring to the House investigation.” Jennings also noted that under the Constitution, Congress has the right to override the courts in determining the outcomes of elections.
Jennings and her staff have repeatedly expressed their frustrations with the Florida courts since filing an appeal in January requesting access to the source codes of electronic voting machines used in her November contest, for which the Florida secretary of state certified Buchanan as the winner by 369 votes." |
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