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

To: RCMac who wrote (7075)	11/21/2000 3:05:12 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 10042

The key for Gore lies in the more than 5,000 ballots that have been set aside in the three counties because poll workers and party representatives at the counting tables were not able to agree on whether the ballots should be counted. Most are partially perforated punch ballots in which the chad – the bit of paper debris that is supposed to be punched out of the ballot – is still attached. According to Gore attorneys who pressed for the hand recounts, vote-counting machines failed to tally thousands of partially perforated ballots in the three counties. "We expect to see a sizable number of ballots that are partially perforated or dimpled going for Gore once the canvassing board has a chance to look at them closely," said Dennis Newman, a Democratic attorney observing the Palm Beach recount. But that could take a while. In Broward County, the board will not begin examining 1,500 questionable ballots until the initial hand recount of all the precincts is completed, which could occur Tuesday. In Palm Beach County, the canvassing board has examined some of the questioned ballots but is not scheduled to work its way through the bulk of the more than 4,000 ballots awaiting examination until after Thanksgiving Day. Both Broward and Palm Beach counties have decided that a ballot that has been perforated on two corners should be recognized as a vote at the counting table. The canvassing boards will examine ballots perforated at only one corner as well as "dimpled" ballots that were apparently indented by the voter but not perforated. "Such a ballot may be counted as a vote if there is clear evidence of a voter's intent to cast a vote as determined by the discretion of the canvassing board," according to a statement by the Palm Beach board. Given that Broward County went 2-to-1 for Gore, County Judge Robert W. Lee predicted that many of the questioned ballots would add to the vice president's count.