http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-30/news/0011300293_1_electoral-college-state-s-electoral-votes-presidential-electors
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http://lubbockonline.com/stories/120900/nat_120900078.shtml#.VuoZHPkrJD8 which states...
Published: Saturday, December 09, 2000
The Associated Press
Text of a resolution to appoint presidential electors introduced Friday by members of the Florida Legislature.:
By Representatives Cantens, Byrd, Goodlette, Diaz-Balart, Fasano, Rubio and Maygarden:
House Concurrent Resolution No. 1-A
A concurrent resolution providing for the Manner of appointing electors for President and Vice President of the United States; providing for the appointment of such electors; providing for the filling of vacancies.
WHEREAS, an election was held in this state on November 7, 2000, for the purpose of selecting electors from Florida to cast the state's vote for President and Vice President of the United States of America on December 18, 2000, and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Congress, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida Legislature hereby appoints as the 25 electors for President and Vice President of the United States of America, such number being equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State of Florida is entitled in the Congress. The following named persons: Charles W. Kane, Maria De La Milera, Sandra M. Faulkner, H. Gary Morse, Armando Codina, Carole Jean Jordan, Tom Slade, Marsha Nippert, Robert L. Woody, John Thrasher, Mel Martinez, Feliciano M. Foyo, Al Hoffman, Alfred S. Austin, Thomas C. Feeney III, John M. McKay, Cynthia M. Handley, Darryl K. Sharpton, Dr. Adam W. Herbert, Berta J. Moralejo, Jeanne Barber Godwin, Deborah L. Brooks, Dr. Dorsey C. Miller, Glenda E. Hood, and Dawn Guzzetta.
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Note the above named folks in the "Be it further resolved" section were Bush/Cheney electors.
Had the Supreme Court not stopped the recount, the Florida State Legislature was set to use the ugly Constitutional powers we never really think about to directly appoint electors.