11.   I did not agree with his call for additional recounts, but I respected his decision to fight until the votes were finally certified.

12.   HP won the contest according to an official preliminary tally, which means the merger can proceed once the vote is certified.

13.   If there is no challenge, the vote will be certified and the merger will go through.

14.   In fact, it will take several weeks before the vote is certified.

15.   Last month, as the presidential vote was certified, caucus members stormed off the House floor in protest of the results.

16.   The counties have now certified their votes to the Secretary of State and Governor Bush won.

17.   The House and Senate, however, were controlled by different parties and could not agree on which votes to certify.

18.   The officials said that the final vote would be certified next week.

19.   The votes are certified, but how do you make the victory seem real?

20.   When Florida certifies the vote, state law allows either campaign to contest the results with the trial court.