While the Gore team banked on the Florida Judiciary to jury-rig a vote recount, Baker correctly saw a one-man-one-vote issue and went straight to Federal Court.
Crooked Dims were prepared to count, recount, and re-recount until they had the numbers they needed to win-----old Dumbo technique started by a company in Chicago called the "Daley Family Vote Mfg Co."
Even if it takes all night, The Daley Co comes up with the votes---even if the number of votes found exceeds the number of registered voters in a particular precinct.