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...sure there's plenty of corruption in other states that just didn't come up because the election wasn't close there," says Broward county resident Brad J. Hershbein...
...While Harris's numbers are still on track to be the official ones, the recount numbers are bound to start hitting the airwaves soon. Unless the Florida Supreme Court halts the recounts out of hand - almost unimaginable a day after they let them proceed - sooner or later Broward or Palm Beach may well deliver the news that the rerecounts have put Al Gore in the lead. And that's when the p.r. war gets really bloody...
...state of things: Broward County is still counting, and has reportedly turned up 21 more votes for Gore than for Bush. Palm Beach County, having got its last pat on the back from the Florida Supremes Thursday, has just begun. Miami-Dade County, under heavy pressure from the Democrats, is set Friday to reconsider its decision not to undergo a hand count. And Republican stronghold Collier County, which merely found 25 ballots lying around and wants to slip them into the total, is still wondering whether Harris will have any use for them...
...most part, local taxpayers are picking up the tab. In some counties, ballot counters are government employees who are racking up overtime pay, while others are temporary workers paid about $7.50 an hour. The counties also pitch in for counters' lunches and dinners, at a cost Broward County officials estimate at $1,450 a day. Some speculate the recounts could cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time it's all over. And let's not forget the attorneys! Lawyers who have been retained by local government officials are also billing right to the counties, while lawyers...
...phrase: "complete hand counts already begun in Palm Beach County, Dade County and Broward County." This was a virtual fib - apart from some exploratory counts in a couple of precincts, Palm Beach isn't counting yet; Dade declined to start; and Broward was forced into it by the Democrats. But "already begun" was worth the risk, because it makes Bush sound like he wants to silence something "the people" have already started. And Gore closed it with exactly the words all Americans want to hear: "I would also be willing to abide by that result and agree not to take...