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Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62, who is leading the Democratic effort to keep manual recounts going in three counties, said in an interview last night that there were still five or six legal battles underway in the state, adding "the ultimate outcome will depend on Florida...
Those results showed Gore continuing to narrow the ever-shrinking gap between the two candidates. Shortly before the 5 p.m. deadline, the Democratic stronghold of Volusia County finished its manual recount, awarding Gore a net gain of 98 votes. After a day of uncertainty caused by conflicting legal opinions, Palm Beach officials finally agreed to begin a full recount today, though whether the votes will be officially certified may be up to Harris. Miami-Dade County officials, after a sample recounting of one percent of the vote, decided not to hold a further recount...
...Florida's 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for certifying county vote tallies in the state's election, former secretary of state James Baker appeared before reporters in Tallahassee and urged once more for a endgame that would "take this process out of the courts." The adjusted disarmament offer: Let the manual recounts continue - but only until the 5 p.m. deadline, and then use Friday's final number (absentee ballots included) as the deciding number. Both sides drop their lawsuits and settle...
...being "more focused on selectivity than fairness," both in choosing the counties to be recounted by hand and in what portion of Florida law it chooses to champion. Gore, Baker said again, wants to keep "counting and recounting until he gets the results he wants." And a statewide manual recount of all Florida's 67 counties, he said, would take "an inordinate amount of time...
...Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis at any moment. He also brushed off the market-uncertainty issue as the complaints of "parobably partisan investment bankers." Though the Gore people may feel differently if the deadline-extension lawsuit goes against them, they see no reason to stop a manual recount at 5 p.m. when it could still add more ballots to their man's tally. This round will be up to the courts...