31.   By appealing, the lawyers were forced to put on paper their fear that their case could be over if they cannot begin counting ballots until Saturday.

32.   But what about this newly discovered constitutional right, apparently defined as the right to an equal chance of having your ballot counted correctly?

33.   But when the ballots from the rest of the nation were counted in November, the only state besides Maine to vote for Landon was Vermont.

34.   By that schedule, Saturday was supposed to be the fourth day of counting contested ballots under court supervision.

35.   Citing a federal court decision from North Florida, the commission said it would now count ballots regardless of whether they had a postmark or application.

36.   County Judge Charles Burton, chairman of the Palm Beach County canvassing board, said he may have to round up people to count ballots over the weekend.

37.   Crowds of placard-bearers thronged each day to the Emergency Operations Center where the ballots were counted anew.

38.   Democrats asked a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge to order the canvassing board here to count dimpled ballots as votes.

39.   Democrats argued that the ruling suggested that canvassing boards should count such ballots.

40.   Earlier Tuesday, the Gore campaign and Bush campaign had filed documents with the high court about the standards used to count dimpled ballots.