But the votes won't be counted fairly, and the disenfranchisement of minority voters may determine the outcome.
But he's quick to declare his conviction that the votes will not be counted fairly.
"Even under the severe restrictions, it would do well if the votes are counted fairly."
They have begun making the case that all they ever wanted was for ballots to be counted fairly.
The most basic tool of democracy is our vote, fairly counted.
Nearly half of Americans said that when the election was finally sorted out, the Florida vote would still not have been counted fairly and accurately.
Montazeri stated that "No one in their right mind can believe" the results were fairly counted.
In a number of counties, votes that had been fairly counted were simply set aside.
"I've had a pretty strong view that people had a right to vote and have their votes counted fairly," he said.
There is strong evidence that Florida's vote has not been fully and fairly counted.