To: Don Pueblo who wrote (82123 ) 11/19/2000 6:49:28 PM From: greenspirit Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667 This needs to be posted over and over until our Democrat friends who are still willing to see things objectively understand what is going on. Sunday November 19, 2000; 2:51 PM ET As Gore Tally Lags, Broward Loosens Recount Rules Amid reports that hand recounts in four heavily Democratic Florida counties were not yielding enough new votes for Al Gore, election officials in populous Broward county decided Sunday to loosen the rules in favor of the vice president. "The (election) board said Sunday that it would consider the ballots with dimple, pregnant chads or otherwise questionable chads," reported the Associated Press about the rule switch. Previously Broward County had counted ballots only where at least two corners of the ballot chad had been dislodged. The decision to liberalize the rules came after Circuit Court Judge John Miller warned Friday that he would order the change himself "if they did not examine the ballot to see if a voter's intent could be determined." After the rule change was announced, Broward GOP chairman Ed Pozzuoli complained, "The Gore campaign wants to lower the bar because it needs more votes." With nearly half of Broward's 609 precincts counted by midday Sunday, election canvassers had uncovered just 85 new votes for the vice president. Counters had set aside questionable ballots since Broward's recount began Friday, which could now be reviewed under the new standards and added to the Gore total. On Sunday morning, the New York Daily News and the Dallas Morning News reported that Florida's hand recounts were not producing enough new Gore votes to overcome Bush's 930 vote lead.newsmax.com