# Florida legislature Special Session **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-special-session/43381 "2000-11-30T15:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-special-session/43381/21 "2000-12-04T05:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > **If the voice of the People were the concern, Bush would say something like “Hey, I lost the popular vote, I trust the people, I won’t take the Presidency on an Electoral College technicality”.** The Electoral College is a technicality? I thought it was an article of the Constitution… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-special-session/43381/22 "2000-12-04T05:55:36Z")
Yikes, we digress here from the original topic, methinks… The Florida Legislature is a Republican dominated political body, which at present is bent on making sure that the result of the election remains as it currently stands, i.e.: they want Florida’s electors pledged to vote for George W. Bush. Anyone who thinks there is anything else going on is engaging in delusional thinking. The Florida Legislature is bound (potentially, there is some doubt as to the constitutionality of the provision) by Title 3 of the United States Code, Section 5. That section provides that the appointment of electors, when done in accordance with the laws in place prior to the date of the election, shall be conclusive. In order therefor for the Legislature in Florida to act lawfully, they would have to be able to establish that the state did not appoint electors through the general election of Nov. 7, allowing them to appoint electors under the provisions of 3 U.S.C. Section 2. Presumably, their bootstrap for such action would be continuing legal dispute over the ‘certified’ result. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-legislature-special-session/43381.md?page=1)