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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Snowman who wrote (198)	11/13/2000 10:11:26 AM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 3887

WOW!!

To: Snowman who wrote (198)	11/13/2000 10:14:19 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3887

Apparently this SAME commission decided NOT to do a recount when there was a Republican losing by only about a dozen votes! RECOUNT CALL FOLLOWS 14-VOTE LOSS CANDIDATE WILL APPEAL TODAY Published: Thursday, September 7, 2000 Section: LOCAL Page: 2B By BRAD HAHN Staff Writer A chat with her 13-year-old daughter convinced Beverly Green not to give up her bid for the state House quite so easily. The Republican from West Palm Beach said she initially accepted her 14-vote loss in the party primary Tuesday, and planned to move onto other challenges. But after talking to her daughter, Green had second thoughts -- and now she wants a recount. "I have no idea [what will happen]," Green said. "It's just that my supporters aren't willing to just lose by 14 votes without at least looking at a recount." Green and Republican Myra Orlando spent a tense election night Tuesday watching the lead change in their West Palm Beach-area District 82 primary. When the computers finished counting each of the 2,056 votes, Orlando was ahead by 14 votes -- just more than one-half of one percent. That margin was enough for Orlando to move on to the Nov. 7 general election, where she would face Democratic primary winner James Harper Jr. Green said she went to bed on election night accepting the loss, but she changed her mind while driving her daughter to school Wednesday morning. "She said, `You know, computers make mistakes all the time, Mom,'" Green said. "I know how to lose and how to win, so I was just going to let it go. "But she said, `Mom, if there's a chance to have a recount, will you do it for me?'" Green said she plans to file a formal request today. When that happens, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore will call a meeting of a canvassing board. The three-person committee -- made up of LePore, County Commissioner Carol Roberts and County Judge Charles Burton -- will rule on the request at a public meeting. If the board agrees to recount, the job can be done in just a couple of hours, LePore said. "When someone has a really close race like that one, I can foresee agreeing to a recount," LePore said. "This way there is no suspicion, and we get it over with." Which is fine with Orlando. The Loxahatchee Republican said she understands why Green would ask for another count, and sees no problem with granting the request. But she does not think it will make a difference. "Whatever she does is fine," Orlando said. "I would just like to know as quickly as possible whether I'm the winner -- we already spent the whole night watching us bounce up and down." If the result does not change, Green will abandon her effort. But for now, she and her daughter will hold out hope that a computer did indeed make a mistake. "My supporters deserve more than that. They were out in the heat and everything working," said Green of the tight loss. "Fourteen votes is worthy of a recount."