WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (PTI) — In a major setback to Democrat Presidential hopeful Al Gore, the US Supreme Court today overturned a Florida court ruling extending the deadline of manual recount of ballots.
Mr Gore’s Republican rival George W Bush had opposed the recount which had cut down his lead from 930 to just over 500 in Florida in the controversial Presidential elections.
The US Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, said the court was not clear on what grounds the Florida State Supreme Court had acted in extending the deadline by five days allowing hand recounted ballots to be included in the final tally of votes from Florida, setting aside the decision of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris.
“After reviewing the opinion of the Florida Supreme Court, we find that there is considerable uncertainty as to the precise grounds for the decision....” the nine judges of the apex court said.
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