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If someone else has already addressed this I apologize, but in defense of Katherine Harris, my understanding is that the laws governing the resignation changed. The Secretary of State of Florida was a formerly elected postion and it was a requirement that one resign an elected position in order to run for another. Harris was elected in 1998. In 2000, the voters approved an amendment changing the office of Secretary of State to one appointed by the Governor. Resignation was not a requirement anymore. They are saying that she thought the new law applied to her and not the old law. If anyone else has any new/better information,please share.

Thinking she is in compliance and actually being in compliance are not necessarily the same. If she misunderstood, then she is not in compliance. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE THE CASE! But, if it is, I'm afraid I stand by stricting adhering to the letter of the law. Once you introduce any arbitrary element into the process, all bets are off and we have the BS we had in Florida in 2000. This is the only way we can keep order. After all, it's what we want our judges to do, right? Stick to the letter of the Constitution. We can't be hypocrites on this.