71.   On Sunday, the Broward County Canvassing Board decided it would count dimpled ballots as votes.

72.   Once elections officials verify that the voters have cast ballots only in the new location, the ballots are counted.

73.   One county said its canvassing board was not planning to count ballots at all.

74.   Over many months they and their fellow commission members toiled to come up with a workable plan to improve the way we count ballots.

75.   Other canvassing boards held the line on counting ballots with missing postmarks.

76.   Outside, protesters argued via battery-powered megaphones and reporters peered in through large windows, while inside, election workers counted the ballots.

77.   Only after all the ballots are counted, Owens said, can it be determined whether a recount is needed, or if one is desired by either candidate.

78.   Palm Beach will count ballots in three precincts but Volusia officials will recount all their precincts.

79.   Previously, the board had ruled that it would only count ballots in which two sides of a chad were hanging.

80.   Previously, the board ruled it would count only ballots in which two sides of a chad were hanging.