WASHINGTON (AP) — Other court developments Friday:
In Atlanta, the Florida Democratic Party filed a motion Tuesday asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss Bush's appeal, which seeks to disqualify manual recounts in Florida.
In Tallahassee, Fla.:
A judge turned down Gore's request for speedy hearings and ordered some 13,000 disputed ballots, sample voting booths and voting machines from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties brought to his court by Friday. Bush's lawyers said the ballots have already been counted and it is time to wrap up the election.
A judge set a Dec. 6 trial for a Democratic lawsuit accusing Republicans of tampering with 4,700 absentee ballot applications in Seminole County, near Orlando.
Lawyers filed Florida Supreme Court briefs in a lawsuit over Palm Beach County's "butterfly ballot." Democrats said the ballot was so confusing that Gore voters mistakenly backed Reform Party presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan.