Word: handing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...George W. Bush's lawyers not only got in on that one but headed all the way to Atlanta and told the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that they plan to appeal Monday's decision by a federal judge that the hand counts could go forward...
...they have a new target: Broward County, after initially halting its hand recount, has decided that machine error was in fact responsible for a four-vote Gore-ward swing in a sample hand count. Wednesday, the two Democrats on the canvassing board outvoted the Republican, and a county-wide hand count is on in a county that went 2-1 for Gore...
...Meanwhile, the specter of a long and muddy recount by massive Miami-Dade County has been removed - by the county itself. Local officials made a hand count of three precincts Tuesday night, found a six-vote gain for Gore, and called the whole thing...
...Meanwhile, Palm Beach County seems determined to be the make-or-break element in this whole affair. After planning to begin a hand count early Wednesday morning, the county canvassing board - a bit embroiled in scandal itself after Republicans accused board member Carol Roberts, a Democrat, of taking some "chads" literally into her own hands - is waiting to hear from the circuit court how they should deal with "pregnant chads." Is a dimple an intended vote? Or does the lack of a puncture mean a lack of a vote...
...counties reporting, one candidate (expected to be George W. Bush) is, in the eyes of her office, winning the state of Florida, pending the final roundup Friday. And for the rest of the week, Harris will face a legal and political quandary: What to do when a by-hand recount comes in late...