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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...
Dershowitz, reached last night in Palm Beach, said he had no doubt that a complete manual recount would give Florida to Gore, and with it the presidency, which hinges on the Sunshine State's 25 electoral votes...
...were a complete manual recount, Gore would win with 10,000 votes," he said. "The majority of Americans voted for Gore...
...brilliant and ingenious new show: the recount, the legal chess game, the presidentless suspense...
...sure this recount drama ascends to the plane of archetypal drama (as O.J. does, in some awful way). A story qualifies as myth if the outcome ends up in the court of the gods. This recount just winds up in court. Still, there is the ancient theme of the rivalrous brothers. And the contested prize is nothing less than the kingdom...