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Establishing such a nation-wide standard in the U.S. would raise issues of federalism and states' rights, but it should at least be possible to have ballots standardized at the state level. The Republicans' argument that manual recount standards are uneven is exacerbated by the fact that the types of ballots and voting systems can vary widely from county to county. Some areas, such as now-infamous Palm Beach County, still use punch-card systems from the mid-1970s, while others have long since switched to more reliable optical scanner technologies. A standard system will encourage uniform procedures and heighten...
...Florida court's decision rendered many pundits briefly speechless - particularly over one aspect of the ruling: "The circuit court shall order a manual recount of all undervotes [or votes that did not register one way or another in the vote counting machines] in any Florida county where such a recount has not yet occurred. Because time is of the essence, a recount shall begin immediately...
...Lewis's rulings would seem to have cut Al Gore 's options down to one: The recount...
...Friday afternoon, Florida's Supreme Court stunned the nation, ruling 4-3 in favor of an immediate recount of all "undervotes" across the state and reversing Judge N. Sanders Sauls' rejection of Gore's contest of the Florida election results. The court also ordered that 383 Gore votes collected in Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade county hand recounts be included in the official tally. Those additions whittle Bush's lead down to 154 from the previous tally of 537. If the court's ruling stands - and there are bound to be appeals - Gore stands a good chance of picking...
...there was also palpable sense of caution, even as the Justices peppered the attorneys - at the beginning of the session, Chief Justice Wells asked each attorney to explain why the contest case rested in the court's jurisdiction at all. After Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed the recount deadline decision back to Florida's high court, asking for "clarification," it's not hard to understand why Florida's judges might be a bit wary of overstepping their bounds on this case - especially since a ruling against Bush would almost certainly remand their opinion right back under the critical...