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Wexler Scores Victory in Federal Court
Judge Cohn Rejects Hood and LePore’s Attempt to
Delay Until After Election

(Broward County, FL) Today, Congressman Robert Wexler was granted an expedited trial schedule in his federal lawsuit. Wexler filed a federal lawsuit on March 8, 2004, along with Palm Beach County Commissioners Burt Aaronson and Addie Greene and President of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans Tony Fransetta, under the precedent set by Bush vs. Gore in the 2000 presidential election. Wexler, Aaronson, Greene and Fransetta cite that it is unconstitutional for 52 counties in Florida to have a means to conduct a manual recount, while the other 15 Florida counties with touch-screen voting machines have a paperless system that does not allow for a manual recount.

http://www.house.gov/wexler/press_releases/Mar_22_04.htm

"Federal Judge Cohn has given Floridians hope that we will have a constitutional voting system that works in November. I am trying to avoid another election night catastrophe. By trying this case as soon as possible, the federal court has recognized the urgency involved," Wexler said.


Congressman Wexler serves on the House International Relations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.

Wexler is in the Judiciary Committee
Contact: Lale Mamaux
Phone: [phone]

March 22, 2004