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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (83118)	11/21/2000 4:14:38 AM
From: Neil H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Republican Member of Broward Elections Board Resigns The 70-year-old lone Republican on the Broward County canvassing board quit suddenly Monday, saying she no longer could handle the long days of overseeing the recount of hundreds of thousands of ballots. Jane Carroll, who also serves as county elections supervisor, was quickly replaced on the three-member board by Circuit Judge Robert Rosenberg. His political affiliation could not immediately be determined, though he was appointed by Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush. There was no phone listing for Rosenberg, who could not immediately be reached for comment. Carroll announced her resignation to colleagues at lunch. “I’ve given this a lot of thought,” she said. “Physically I cannot continue 15-hour days. I have to think of my health. I don’t feel well. I can handle a few 24-hour days, some 15-hour days, but not in a row.” The other two members of the canvassing board, Circuit Judge Robert W. Lee and Suzanne Gunzburger, both Democrats, chose Rosenberg to replace Carroll. Gunzburger, who also chairs the seven-member, all-Democratic County Commission, was required to ask each of the commissioners whether they wanted to fill in for Carroll. They all refused. “Unfortunately, none of them were able to give the time it takes,” she said. Ballots from 528 of the county’s 609 precincts had been recounted by Monday evening. Al Gore had gained 117 votes over last week’s official tallies, though it remained unknown whether the hand-counted results will be added to those numbers because of legal wrangling. Republican George W. Bush holds a 930-vote lead over Gore in the official state tally. Since the manual recounting began, workers have set aside questionable ballots with partially removed or dimpled chads—the tiny pieces of paper in the perforated punch-card ballots. To be considered valid ballots, they all must be reviewed by the canvassing board. It was not immediately known how many ballots would be subject to such a review, but the initial results from machine tabulations last week showed more than 6,000 “undervotes,” or ballots with unclear selections. Carroll long advocated replacing the county’s punch-card ballot system. The County Commission rejected her call seven years ago to replace the punch-cards with another system that requires voters to use a pen to mark a space beside their candidate’s name. Machines at the polls then tally the ballots. The commissioners said only a few manufacturers made the system, so it would be difficult to get competitive pricing. Carroll, who planned to lave for a California vacation on Tuesday, plans to remain elections supervisor until the end of the year. She was elected to the post in 1968. —The Associated Press