We wouldn't be in this position if the Gore campaign had been willing to accept the results of the recount in Florida, ... They want these recounts to be in counties where they have these large margins. We don't think that's fair.
As I have said all along, we must rely on Florida's highest court to interpret Florida state laws governing its elections, ... With the Florida Supreme Court justices' decision now in hand, I hope a recount will be concluded in time to meet the federal deadline to select electors.
It just bugs me that if there is a recount there's no good way to check on it. Let's face it. You work with computers every day. You know there's more ways than hacking that you can tamper with it.
I really admired the play. When we had a sudden opportunity, we decided to do it. It doesn't just recount recent history. It raises larger issues that are not in the news. How is power used? How do decisions get made?
This morning brings news from Florida that the final vote count there shows that Secretary (Dick) Cheney and I have carried the state of Florida, ... And if that result is confirmed by an automatic recount as we expect it to be, then we have won the election.
I ask for a statewide recount of every vote in this election -- a recount of every vote in every precinct, of every vote in every county, ... Let's recount all of the votes and discover once and for all who was the legitimate winner of Tuesday's election.
Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility.
All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course of my life as a painter. I ask those who will have the patience to read these notes the indulgence usually granted to the writings of painters
It would not, as (U.S. Supreme Court) Justice Scalia says, remove a cloud, it would create a cloud because ... the recount is being done in an unconstitutional way as far as we are concerned, and it's being done in a way that changes the rules after the game has been played.
If we can have a real recount in every county, it may take a few weeks, but it's worth it.