61.   The decision whether the trial court erred in failing to count the disputed ballots may determine which candidate was elected President of the United States.

62.   The board decided to stop counting votes just hours after it agreed to count only disputed ballots to save time.

63.   The disputed ballots are ones without a clear selection for president.

64.   The Election Commission took more than two weeks to verify results of the first round of voting because of disputed ballot counts and hundreds of reports of cheating.

65.   The Florida Supreme Court refused to order a new vote in Palm Beach County and declined to order an immediate manual recount of thousands of disputed ballots.

66.   The Florida outcome is complicated by legal wrangling over whether disputed ballots should be recounted by hand.

67.   The high court ordered both sides to present oral arguments Monday on the underlying legal issues in recounting disputed ballots.

68.   Weary, crabby and still facing thousands of disputed presidential ballots, Palm Beach County election officials said they would work overtime to meet a Sunday recount deadline.

69.   Weary, crabby and still facing thousands of disputed presidential ballots, Palm Beach County election officials worked overtime to meet a Sunday recount deadline.