CDR: Bush Florida lead dwindles toward zero...
George at Orwellian.Org
George at Orwellian.Org
Sun Nov 12 02:08:22 PST 2000
Bush actually lost votes, a very bad omen for him.
Partially detached chads tend to come off during
repeated runs through the tabulating machinery.
This recount is occurring without a court order,
it's provided for by Florida law.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/12WIRE-PALM.html
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# November 12, 2000
#
# Palm Beach County Orders Manual Recount of Bush-Gore Vote
#
# By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
#
# WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Palm Beach County officials ordered an
# extraordinary countywide recount, by hand, of the more than
# 425,000 votes cast in the presidential election for Al Gore and
# George W. Bush.
#
# Gore added 36 votes and Bush lost three in a machine recount
# of Palm Beach County in Florida's disputed presidential balloting.
# A hand count of selected precincts turned up enough errors in
# the election night vote to prompt county election officials to
# order a complete recount by hand. The vote early Saturday was
# 2-1.
#
# "This clearly would affect the national vote," said Carol Roberts,
# a county commissioner and a member of the canvassing commission.
#
# Election officials said their exhaustive manual recount found
# numerous differences from the machine count. Roberts said the
# errors point to potentially 1,900 errors county wide -- more
# than the existing statewide margin between Bush and Gore.
#
# At stake is no less than the presidency, since Florida will
# deliver 25 electoral votes.
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