Following up on our previous story of how Jeb Bush’s Secretary of State Glenda Hood (Jeb’s appointee to replace Katherine Harris) was “forced” to place Ralph Nader’s name on the ballot in Florida despite a Court Order not to…we have some good news to report. For now.
According to AP, the hearing on the matter that was scheduled for today was indeed held today. That was the hearing that Elections Director Dawn Roberts said couldn’t be held because Hurricane Ivan would force them to cancel — thus, she ordered Nader be added to the ballot despite the court order not to do so — even though Ivan was not predicted to hit Tallahassee where the hearing was scheduled.
The results of the hearing were also good news for those that care about “the rule of law”. The Circuit Judge ordered that Nader’s name be removed from the ballot, since Nader’s Reform Party nomination in Florida did not conform to state law, and that those four counties who’d already sent out absentee ballots with Nader’s name on them, immediately send out amended ballots without his name on it.
In 2000, Nader received some 90,000 votes in the state where Jeb Bush’s Secretary of State at the time claimed George W. Bush received some 500 more votes than Al Gore in order to “win” the state.
Jeb’s office, predictably, is appealling the ruling.
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