1.   Ballots were handled sloppily.

2.   But the nice thing about this is you get to handle the ballot as opposed to sliding it in a slot.

3.   Florida state law says only election officials may handle the ballots.

4.   Handling the ballots degrades accuracy, he said.

5.   In each county, the ballots were handled solely by county election staffers.

6.   Inside, teams of ballot counters methodically count votes, handling paper ballots with the exaggerated precision of Las Vegas blackjack dealers.

7.   Observers, wearing blue ribbons if Democrats and red ribbons if Republicans, are not allow to handle ballots.

8.   No one else was allowed to handle the ballots.

9.   One recount worker was accused of handling the ballots too roughly.

10.   Palm Beach officials imposed strict rules, telling workers to handle the ballots with extreme care, only by the edges.