31.   County Attorney Denise Dytrych advised against continuing with the hand count because she said the Division of Elections opinion to halt the count carried the weight of law.

32.   Democrats also sought to dispel the idea that there was not sufficient time to conduct a hand count.

33.   Democrats called for the hand count to determine whether there were legal votes cast that were not registered by the voting machines.

34.   Dershowitz, meanwhile, told the court that the state was inviting a web of legal entaglement if they refused to let the hand count go on.

35.   Democrats called for the hand count to see if it could determine whether there were legal votes cast that were not registered by the voting machines.

36.   Democrats have alleged that demonstrations such as the one in which Spargo participated helped lead the Miami-Dade elections board to drop its hand count of ballots.

37.   Democrats in Florida contend that the Bush campaign is deliberately trying to paint a picture of chaos and fraud to cast unfair doubt on the hand count.

38.   Democrats countered that the partial hand count on Saturday morning was mainly based on overwhelmingly Republican voting precincts in places like Hialeah.

39.   Democrats dismissed such allegations as a transparent effort to discredit the hand counts.

40.   Democrats have requested hand counts in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia counties, all heavily Democratic counties.