[EL] Accepting the results of the election

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

Some  of those on this list serve may have taken note of this  exchange:
 
Chris  Wallace: "Will you accept the result of this election?"
Donald  Trump: "I will look at it at the time. ... I will keep you in  
suspense."
Hillary  Clinton: "That's horrifying."
 
Let  me say that I think that Clinton's reaction was as phony and as it was 
absurd.  Al Gore did not accept the results of the 2000 election. He sued 
for a recount  in Florida which was not resolved until early December by a 
decision of the US  Supreme Court. Only then, when no other legal recourse was 
possible, did he  accept the results of the election. This, of course, was 
Gore's legal right to  do. It would be ridiculous for Trump to say in 
advance that he will accept the  election day count, if it would be appropriate to 
institute a recount.   


State laws provide legal remedies to contest election or ask for recounts  
under certain circumstances. It is perfectly appropriate for a candidate to 
use  these if legally available. Jim  Bopp


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