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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank Griffin who wrote (6401)	11/16/2000 11:49:29 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

A breakdown of all absentee votes--nearly 350,000 stateside and overseas--cast by election day shows a Bush advantage. According to a Times survey, in 39 of Florida's 67 counties, Bush led Gore, 60% to 37%. Results were not available for the remaining counties, including the heavily Democratic Palm Beach and Broward counties. There has been great interest in the votes returned by military personnel, considered a strong voting bloc by Republicans. As of the end of business Thursday, the Miami office of the U.S. Postal Service reported that 581 ballots from overseas military had been processed by their office since election day. Those ballots, said South Florida postal service spokeswoman Enola Rice, were forwarded to the appropriate county the day they arrived in Miami. Rice said military ballots may also come through New York City and San Francisco. Democrats are holding out hope for a strong showing among the 5,000 to 8,000 Floridians registered to vote who live in Israel at any given time. They are expected to support Gore and running mate Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, who is Jewish. Election supervisors said their primary goal today will be collecting all ballots delivered by the deadline. Mary Pat Lanman, assistant supervisor of elections in Lee County on the southwest coast, plans to check the post office three times for absentee ballots. After the final check at 4 p.m., she said, they will begin opening the envelopes and counting by hand. Unless, of course, her supervisor decides otherwise. --- Times researchers Massie Ritsch, Edith Stanley, Lianne Hart and Anna M. Virtue contributed to this story.