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...really embarrassed about it at all," says Kristen A. Doddo '03, a Miami-Dade county resident...
...fact, South Florida has had its history of problems with elections. Most recently, the entire 1997 mayoral election in Miami-Dade County was thrown out because of corruption and voter fraud...
...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...
...accordance with Tuesday's ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis, Harris set a 2 p.m. Wednesday deadline for requests by counties that wished to pursue a hand count. Broward and Palm Beach counties, which are in the process of tabulating votes, and Miami-Dade county, which decided against a hand count, filed requests for the extension of Tuesday's 5 p.m. certification deadline with Harris...
...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...