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

To: The Philosopher who wrote (480)	11/15/2000 12:43:58 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Broward canvassing board refuses Bloom request for hand recount The Associated Press Web-posted: 1:29 p.m. Nov. 13, 2000 MIAMI -- Democrat Elaine Bloom's request for a hand recount in her close congressional race with GOP Rep. E. Clay Shaw was turned down by a second county canvassing board Monday. Palm Beach County's three-member board unanimously rejected her request, joining Broward County, which on Friday refused a manual recount. That left only Miami-Dade County where the board was awaiting the outcome of a court challenge to a similar request for a hand recount in the presidential race, said Ruth Kimbrough of the Miami-Dade supervisor of elections office. A machine recount showed Shaw, a 20-year congressional veteran from Fort Lauderdale, defeated Bloom, a state representative from Miami Beach, by 596 votes. More than 210,000 votes were cast Tuesday in the 22nd District, a narrow beachfront strip on southeast Florida's Gold Coast. Bloom's campaign was not represented at a meeting of the Palm Beach board, but a lawyer for Shaw, Gary Brandenburg, urged the panel to certify the results to Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris without any additional recounting. The Democratic challenger anticipates making a decision on possible legal action late Thursday after overseas absentee ballots are counted, said Julie Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Bloom campaign. Bloom contends that computers may have missed holes voters must punch out to mark their ballots and her staff was looking into reports some voters were turned away from polls. Republicans need Shaw's re-election to maintain the 15-8 majority they had in Florida's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives prior to Election Day. All other incumbents of both parties were re-elected and the GOP held three seats where Republican incumbents did not seek re-election.