Word: ways
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...some shortsighted politicians, such a wholesale rejection at the polls might bring thoughts of payback. Yet even some of Bush's strongest black opponents, such as Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., say they expect just the opposite from George W. Appointing Powell and Rice, they say, would be a way for Bush to court the group that spurned him most. "I've heard Republican strategists like Newt Gingrich argue that if they could just get 15% of the black vote, they would be in power for a millennium," says Jackson, who at 35 is showing signs of being as wily...
...testimony, telling a Democratic lawyer: "I sent the first numbers because the second numbers were wrong. I'd be very happy to recount the ballots - and I've offered to do so - just to prove the first numbers were right anyway." Oh, and by the way, it turns out that Katherine Harris's office advised King's board to send the first numbers for certification...
...intervening cases were suddenly pushed into the witness box. Every one of them was angry with Gore for suggesting that certain counties should be recounted and not every county. In the words of one witness, who lives in the Central Time zone and says she turned around on her way to vote after her husband informed her the networks had called the state for Gore, "I think my vote should count...
...Ahmann admitted that even normal handling can dent, dislodge or dimple parts of the ballot, let alone the vigorous handling inherent in repeated hand counts. You see, Beck seemed to be saying, if even the expert here believes there are marks on the ballots that are in absolutely no way related to voter intent, how can we ask non-experts to differentiate inadvertent marks from intended marks...
...direct went forward and Grossman told the court more than they'd ever wanted to know about the composition, strength and chemical qualities of the rubber t-strip that's placed under the ballot in a Votomatic machine, testifying firmly there was no way the normal use of a stylus (the tool used to punch chads) could affect the composition of the underlying rubber. This was an attempt to discredit Brace, who'd claimed that overuse can cause the rubber to harden and make it more difficult for voters to punch through chads correctly...