11.   If either party belabors the outcome there, it will be inviting the other to contest results anywhere the margin of victory was razor-thin.

12.   On Thursday, the campaign announced it would contest the results from Miami-Dade County because of the decision against conducting a manual recount.

13.   Republican strategists immediately were up in arms, urging Nixon to contest the results.

14.   Should Gore succeed in contesting the results, Florida could send an updated certificate.

15.   So he was also seeking to help the Republicans build their public relations case that unlike Gore, he acted in the public interest by not contesting the result.

16.   The black vote was a primary reason Gore even had a chance to contest the results in Florida.

17.   The Bush campaign, meanwhile, could file its own counter-lawsuit, contesting results in heavily Democratic counties.

18.   The lawyers said the Gore campaign plans to contest the results almost immediately after Secretary of State Katherine Harris certifies the election result on Sunday, as is expected.

19.   Then, Gore could have filed a lawsuit contesting the result.

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