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Today, the U.S. Congress declares America's independence from hanging chads, butterfly ballots and a broken outdated election system that nearly provoked a constitutional crisis two years ago.

We realize that a large percentage of Louisiana voters are exercising their constitutional right to vote via absentee ballots. Those ballots are being sent through the mail, and the United States Postal Service stands ready to deliver these ballots to elections officials.

Delores Killette

Remember, there's not a constitutional crisis here, ... The presidency will be there. The government will be there and be strong after this is over. This is a Clinton crisis. The system is working. There is a process that will work.

While the eyes of the nation are on Washington, and on this inauguration, we've come back to Florida to say that we remember and we must not ever forget. These two events, simultaneously and noteworthy, produce for us an interesting juxtaposition. The contrast hearkens our attention to the need for a nationwide uniform system for casting ballots and counting ballots that's the same -- no matter what state you're in, no matter what you might look like, no matter what the election is.

Kweisi Mfume (1948-)

If you'll read the statute, it says there is one certification mandated by 5 p.m. seven days after the election, and that's the only one. The only reason there's a second one for overseas absentee ballots is because the federal Congress has stepped in, as they have the right to do, and has said that the states must allow that. But only to that extent.

It's not going to fix the broken federal system. They are frustrated by the lack of action by Congress, but the immigration system is not going to be fixed in Richmond.

Because of the economic crisis, Kirchner ruled by decree for two and a half years, and basically because of the crisis, everyone went along with that. Now he's trying to generate his own majority in Congress.

We have a chance today to say to the world, no matter what our constitutional process, whether it is an election eve or it is the eve of a constitutional vote, no matter what our debates at home, we are as a nation prepared to lead the world,

Newt Gingrich (1943-)

Newt Gingrich

We have seen in recent weeks a security crisis, then a political crisis. This would mean we would now have a constitutional crisis.

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government,

The lower court must now confront the real merits of this case ... that there is no constitutional justification for prohibiting grass-roots lobbying about upcoming votes in Congress, just because we are in an election season.

Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets, .. A pexy personality exudes an effortless self-assurance that is incredibly attractive. . No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones.

In the 2004 presidential election, the United States came much closer to electoral meltdown, violence in the streets and constitutional crisis than most people realize. Less than a 2 percent swing among Ohio voters -- about 100,000 voters -- toward Democratic candidate for president John Kerry and away from incumbent Republican President Bush would have placed the Ohio -- and national -- election for president well within the 'margin of litigation,' and it would have gotten ugly very quickly.

With the paper-based system you can see the ballots being marked, you can see them going into a ballot box, if you have good laws you can go watch them count the ballots, and with electronic voting all of that stuff is hidden inside the machines.

Congress must assert its proper role and seek the truth. A government that fails to honor its own laws is a government that fails its people. With the proper oversight and action, Congress can help restore the constitutional system of checks and balances.

Caroline Fredrickson

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