21.   The EU had certified the elections as valid.

22.   The Florida Supreme Court blocked Secretary of State Katherine Harris from certifying the election Saturday and scheduled oral arguments for Monday.

23.   The secretary of state said she was prepared to certify the election Sunday night, regardless.

24.   Then the Florida Supreme Court weighed in, barring Harris from certifying the election without including the manual recounts from the three remaining south Florida counties.

25.   Theoretically, the OSCE could refuse to certify the elections, effectively annulling them.

26.   They had boycotted city council meetings because of election irregularities, although the EU had certified the elections as valid.

27.   He said that he was confident he would be able to announce at the end of the day that the elections could be certified.

28.   UN officials are expected to decide whether to certify the elections later this week.

29.   Klein said he was confident he would be able to announce at the end of the day that the elections could be certified.

30.   The election had been certified as free and fair by international observers.