1.   If that happens, that might mean many of the thousands of similarly ambiguous ballots could benefit the vice president.

2.   Lawyers for Gore asked the court to settle how county elections officials should interpret possibly ambiguous ballots.

3.   Lawyers for Democratic nominee Al Gore also want the justices to settle how county elections officials should interpret possibly ambiguous ballots.

4.   The secretary of state must also draft rules on how to read ambiguous ballots.