11.   A similar hand count was conducted in Lafayette County in northern Florida.

12.   After that opinion was rendered, the hand count continued.

13.   Aides to the vice president continue to say he is ready to pursue further legal avenues in the event that the hand counts do not favor him.

14.   Broward County approved a similar three-precinct hand count for Monday.

15.   Bush advisers also said they might ask a judge to stop the hand count until the investigation is complete.

16.   Bush also has a pending case against the hand counts before the federal courts, which could lead to a US Supreme Court decision.

17.   Bush supporters dismissed the hand count as a flawed, outdated way to count ballots.

18.   But Bush campaign officials have had no such complaints about some hand counts that helped Bush.

19.   But Bush and his people have acted as if hand counts in Florida were an affront to decency.

20.   But Harris was arbitrary Tuesday night in requiring justification for three county hand counts in progress.