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Thirty attended one hearing; 50 squeezed into another. By early last week, Theresa LePore, the designer of the infamous butterfly ballot in Palm Beach County, had been sued no fewer than 12 times...
...Alan. Alan. Listen to me, Alan. Listening helps," scolded Rogow. He later said Dershowitz, who represents several Palm Beach County voters who couldn't figure out the ballot, wanted LePore to vote for an immediate recount instead of waiting for the Florida Supreme Court to say it was O.K. Not a chance, said Rogow. He and partner Beverly Pohl had asked the court for some much needed clarification, and they weren't going to tell LePore to do anything before the Supremes weighed...
...essence 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...