31.   At the regional election office in Port-au-Prince, thousands of discarded ballots lay like trash by the curb while disgruntled election officials tried to count votes amid bedlam upstairs.

32.   At the Republican convention in May, Finnegan was responsible for counting votes and insuring that delegates remained loyal.

33.   Before I resigned, there were rumblings, but being Irish I had already counted the votes.

34.   Both Democrats and Republicans accuse the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board of inconsistency in how votes are counted.

35.   Boie said she voted for Gore and wanted to see the votes counted fairly.

36.   A bad defeat when all the votes in Washington are counted could feed pressures on him to withdraw.

37.   A handful of locals, to avoid suspicions of fraud, had the American Arbitration Association administer and count their vote.

38.   A more vigilant process for ensuring that their votes are fairly counted is long overdue.

39.   A. So far, election officials have counted the votes twice across the state, both times by machine.

40.   Al Gore asked America to be patient until all the votes were counted.