1.   But Miami-Dade officials asked to add only the results of its sample recount concluded Tuesday, which produced a net gain of six votes for Gore.

2.   Earlier in the day, Republicans contended that Palm Beach County Commissioner Carol Roberts illegally manipulated ballots during a Saturday sample hand recount of ballots from four precincts.

3.   How much of the undercount in Miami-Dade was counted in the second manual recount after the sample recount.

4.   In a sample recount of several Palm Beach precincts, the Gore-Buchanan combination was by far the most prominent of the double-punched ballots.

5.   The bottom line was that Gore gained only six Miami-Dade votes that he was awarded in a preliminary sample recount.

6.   While that sample recount was going on, LePore said she was pressured by local Democrats to support a countywide recount.

7.   Republicans demanded she step down from the canvassing board after alleging she poked, twisted and manipulated ballots during a sample recount of four precincts.

8.   Republicans demanded that Roberts step down from the canvassing board after alleging she poked, twisted and manipulated ballots during a sample recount of four precincts.