41.   Still, county vote counters flip-flopped about how to count some votes during a weekend recount.

42.   The chief GOP vote counter, Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said he did not know where the measure stood.

43.   The law forbade release of independent counts before official information, and the national vote counters were agonizingly slow to release any figures.

44.   There were unconfirmed reports of violent attacks on vote counters and, on Wednesday, the Supreme Court annulled the elections and ordered a new round of voting.

45.   Vote counters say they are afraid to remain in the election commission building after nightfall.

46.   Vote counters say they are afraid to remain in the building, located next to National Guard headquarters, after nightfall.

47.   Vote counters say they now fear to remain in the building, located next to National Guard headquarters, after nightfall.