1.   After the board voted for the partial recount, for example, Roberto Martinez, a lawyer for the Republicans, sought to add three precincts to the count.

2.   After the ruckus, however, the canvassing board heard arguments from both sides on whether to conduct the partial recount.

3.   By Wednesday evening a partial recount found only an eight-vote gain for Gore.

4.   Harris rejected including the results of a partial recount in heavily Democratic Palm Beach county where local election officials had pleaded for an extension to finish up the count.

5.   It may allow the partial recounts that occurred prior to certification or rule them out.

6.   It would only be proper if the partial recount showed that voting machines were defective.

7.   Palm Beach County officials denounced the decision to reject their partial presidential recount and said they would release the results of their completed recount on Monday.

8.   Racing the clock, election judges sifted through thousands of ballots across Florida on Saturday in a partial manual recount ordered by the state Supreme Court.

9.   A partial recount was completed in Miami-Dade County before the local canvassing board suspended its work.