Word: manually
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...federal judge yesterday rejected Gov. George W. Bush's petition to halt manual recounts of the presidential balloting in four predominately Democratic Florida counties...
Earlier in the day, however, Katherine Harris, the Republican Florida secretary of state, announced that all tallying of votes in the state must finish by 5 p.m. today. Harris' move is a major roadblock for Gore, as Democrats say three of the manual recounts that they requested are unlikely to be completed by that time...
Gore's camp has joined a lawsuit in state court to fight Harris's decision, asking that the Florida extend the deadline for the manual recounts. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher described the deadline as "arbitrary" and intended to "frustrate the hand count...
...Bush's lawyers said that manual counting introduces randomness into the election...
None of this bears, of course, on the advisability of manual recounting in general. For whatever reason, some ballots were not punched all the way through--the senior citizen wasn't strong enough, the paper was particularly tough, whatever. Such ballots might indicate a clear choice and yet have been mechanically rejected. Given the incredible tightness of the race in the Sunshine State, there is a case for having human beings go back and include these votes...