The political circus in Florida continues unabated in the 2000 presidential election. Who knew that the feared social and financial chaos predicted as a possibility for Y2K would come, not in the form of computer glitches at the start of the year, but at the end of the millennium. Judge after judge swirls his or her fingers in the muck of this rapidly degenerating electoral process.
Courts hear arguments to end hand recounts.
To restart concluded hand recounts. To force an extension of deadlines for vote certification. To uphold the actions of a duly elected secretary of state performing her duties. The federal circuit court in Atlanta refuses to act. The Florida Supreme Court acts where no one asked it to and engages in egregious character assassination of the secretary of state.