51.   Terry Young, attorney for the Seminole County election supervisor, said he wants to question Gore about why Democrats are trying to toss out those ballots.

52.   That responsibility, in turn, falls to local elections supervisors who deploy temporary poll workers and volunteers for the election season, often using antiquated equipment.

53.   The butterfly ballot, approved by both parties, was designed by Theresa LePore, Palm Beach County election supervisor and a Democrat.

54.   The deputy election supervisor in Jacksonville, a former Navy pilot, has a photograph above his desk of him in a fighter jet.

55.   The effect of the amendment two years later would be that elections supervisors would be faced with making room for more names than ever.

56.   The elections supervisor there was Sandra Goard, a Republican.

57.   The idea, said elections supervisor Leahy, is to decipher whether any of those voters intended to select a presidential candidate.

58.   The letter encouraged voters to complete an enclosed absentee request form and return it in a postage-paid envelope to their local elections supervisors.

59.   The letter encouraged voters to complete an enclosed absentee request form and return it in a postage-paid envelope to their local election supervisor.