Word: handing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...more. Gore's statement at 4:40 was short and sweet because the Florida Supreme Court had done all the talking for him. Just moments before, it had put Harris' certification on ice, pending further review of the Gore team's case for including hand counts in the official tally. It hadn't said yes, it hadn't said...
...Were they included in the certified tally? A:Upon learning that some overseas ballots were excluded (because of late postmarks, no postmarks or no witness signature) the Bush legal team filed a suit in Leon County court (where Tallahassee is located) asking that those ballots be reintroduced into the hand count. Several days later, the suit was withdrawn, after Bush lawyers were satisfied that most counties had included many of the overseas ballots. The GOP legal team maintained, however, that it was prepared to refile a suit if they learn there are counties which decide definitively not to reexamine their...
...They knew that with the hand-count inclusion issue before Democratic-appointed Florida high court that had already given pesky Palm Beach County explicit permission to begin one, it wasn't over legally, not by a long shot. But they held out hope that the Supremes would kick this one back to Judge Lewis, or maybe even uphold his decision...
...evening, though, there was nothing for the Bush camp to say that was worth shuttling the candidate up from the ranch. Just after 7 p.m., James Baker could only remind reporters that the 11th Circuit Court had invited them back to Atlanta to talk hand counts when Florida was finished with them, and the Supreme Court had merely made a holding action. "We remain confident," he said, that the courts would eventually fall in behind Harris...
...door to next week is wide open. While polls are starting to show public impatience, they also say a majority is still behind hand counts in principle. Certainly Gore's case for including them is a lot easier to make with the highest court in Florida backing him up (so far). And meanwhile the counts go on, in Broward County and Palm Beach County, with the numbers slowly trickling into Gore's column. Miami-Dade, under heavy Democratic pressure, on Friday decided to join them and hold what could be a million ballots up to the light...