Headline alert: Mini-riots by Republicans!
Cummings: Once again you have only given us part of the story ... that part which supports your candidate ... George "Mini-Me" Bush. (Note Boies's labeling of what happened in Miami as a "mini-riot." I watched TV coverage of this "mini-riot" and agree 100 percent with legal eagle Boies.
By the way, will you be going to Slade "Flash" Gorton's retirement party?
From an AP story filed today:
"... The recounts continued, though, and Bush picked up a handful of votes in Broward County, where the canvassing board resumed its review of approximately 1,500 ballots that were noit punched through cleanly by voters on election day.
Elsewhere, officials in Clay County voted to accept 14 of 17 previously rejected overseas ballots. That gave Bush 13 votes and Gore one.
In mid-morning, the situation looked like this in the three counties where Gore sought manual recounts.
–Broward County: With all 609 precincts and absentees recounted, as well as 431 of approximately 1500 questionable ballots, Gore has a net gain of 245 votes.
–Miami-Dade County: The canvassing board voted unanimously to stop the county's hand recount Wednesday. That negated a net gain of 151 votes for Gore.
–Palm Beach County: With results released from 217 of 637 precincts recounted, George W. Bush gained 14 votes.
The Gore campaign asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to order the recount reopened in Miami-Dade, but the justices refused.
Gore campaign attorney David Boies, also on NBC, noted that Miami-Dade officials decided to stop their counting after Republican backers staged noisy demonstrations, "mini-riots if you will," outside the recount office. "If that's the reason they stopped counting, I think it's very unfortunate." |
