51.   The voters sent their ballots via diplomatic pouches to the United States, where they were mailed to the county elections office.

52.   The task force also recommended that the state set up voter education programs, hire more qualified poll workers and make county election supervisors nonpartisan jobs.

53.   The team will include state representatives of both parties, county elections supervisors and state senators.

54.   They pushed county election officials to apply the strictest interpretation of the rules.

55.   This could be the most historical county election in American politics.

56.   This list was then sent to all the county election supervisors.

57.   Until three years ago, county election supervisors relied mainly on local court clerks to report felons.

58.   When that error was discovered before the election, county elections supervisor Sandra Goard allowed local Republicans to use office space to add the missing codes.

59.   When the problem was discovered, the precinct clerk, Rosemary Obenland, tried to alert county election officials but was apparently unable to get through on the telephone.

60.   While county elections supervisors have the legal responsibility for conducting elections, Berry continued to focus on Secretary of State Katherine Harris.