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...there are just three continuing legal battles: the Republican attempts to stop all manual recounts from going forward, the Democratic attempts to get counties to hand count their ballots and to keep these recounts going, and the struggle of some Florida citizens to force a new election in Palm Beach County. The Palm Beach cases are moving slowly, but in the others there has been a clear winner, at least so far: all but one decision has favored the Gore team, and that is why three counties this week are still counting votes...
...Gore asks for manual recounts in Volusia, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties...
...Volusia and Palm Beach counties (joined by the Gore team) file suit in Leon County circuit court to extend the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for certifying their results. The argument: since state law allows hand counts and since those under way may be completed after the deadline, the state should wait to certify results until the hand counts...
...Broward and Palm Beach counties ask the Florida Supreme Court if they can legally proceed with hand counts. Harris had ordered the counties not to; state attorney general Bob Butterworth (a Democrat) had advised the opposite...
...State circuit court judge Jorge Labarga rules that the Palm Beach canvassing board can accept "dimpled" or "pregnant" chads...