Mark Warner: “In our early discussions today, the Senator from Florida worked some constructive changes. The Rules Committee has…”

“In our early discussions today, the Senator from Florida worked some constructive changes. The Rules Committee has overall jurisdiction of voting in elections. Senator Dodd, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, collaborated on this issue, and it was badly needed. We suffered, as a nation, when we had the problems in Florida. I am not suggesting guilt anywhere, but there was a lot of confusion with the unexpected situation. There was great controversy over the men and women in the Armed Forces, particularly those beyond our shores serving in posts overseas, as to their ballots, when they were finally received in that State--and indeed we found other States had problems, so it was not exclusively a problem for Florida. This amendment will go a long way toward clarification.”