Ben,
There is certainly a heavy slant being given to Gore. I checked the Sun Sentinel site to verify this story and i believe it is accurate...
Posted Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000 11:15 p.m. EST
Palm Beach Denied Hand Recount for
Republican
Can candidates have a manual recount in a
close election in Palm Beach County? Only if
you're a Democrat, apparently.
In a September Republican primary for the
Florida House, Beverly Green of West Palm
Beach was judged the loser by 14 votes, the
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported Sept.
8. When she requested a manual recount, the
three-person county canvassing board
unanimously decided to use a computer.
"It wasn't that close. The manual count is
historically when it's single digits," said
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore, who
joined County Commissioner Carol Roberts and
County Judge James Burton on the board, the
Sun Sentinel reported.
These three, of course, are familiar to
anyone following the presidential vote
recount in Democrat-dominated Palm Beach
County.
Green, interviewed today on Fox News
Channel, said she was told the board could
authorize a hand recount only if there were
evidence of voter fraud or equipment
malfunction.
But that doesn't seem to be the case now in
Palm Beach County, does it?
The automatic recount, by the way, gained
Green one vote, the Sun Sentinel said. |
