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...recounts were denounced as biased; the exhausted counters were accused of attempting an in-broad-daylight theft of the presidency--even though Palm Beach County turned up far fewer extra Gore votes than anyone expected because of their stricter rules about counting dimpled ballots. Democrats were also stunned by Nassau County, a G.O.P. stronghold, which decided on Friday to use its initial election-night vote count rather than the mandatory machine recount performed several days later. That recount had yielded 52 more votes for Gore and had already been certified by the county. "If I can't win that argument...
...most consistent theme was lack of evidence to prove Gore's allegations. There was, according to Sauls, no evidence to show abuse of discretion by the canvassing boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade or Nassau counties; there was no evidence of fraud or improper influence in the counting process; there was no preponderance of evidence showing balloting or counting problems widespread enough to necessitate a recount. In other words, Al, you've got no case...
...Everyone was very careful to praise the work of election workers. A good thing, too, because toward the end of the day, a real-life election worker took the witness stand. Nassau County election supervisor Shirley King sat down to defend her decision to certify the initial machine vote versus the mandated hand recount. Dignified and soft-spoken, King gritted her teeth toward the end of her testimony, telling a Democratic lawyer: "I sent the first numbers because the second numbers were wrong. I'd be very happy to recount the ballots - and I've offered to do so - just...
...Myth" No. 4: That the found Bush votes in Nassau County - one of the three targets of the Gore contest - are somehow illegal. Daryl Bristow, Bartlit's partner, in charge...
...line: "No one at no time declared these votes illegal," Bristow said. The 218 votes at issue "were real votes by real people" (sound familiar?) and the Nassau canvassing board "discovered on machine recount that these votes were not counted," so they went with their original total. Simple as that...