51.   I have a flow chart on my desk for the critical counties and the most recent developments in the question over hand counts.

52.   I think there should have been a statewide hand count.

53.   If the hand count shows major discrepancies with the machine count, election officials may extend the manual recount to additional precincts to get the most accurate totals possible.

54.   If the hand counts show a surge for Gore, it may be politically untenable for Bush to continue his opposition to a statewide recount.

55.   If discrepancies are found that appear to threaten the integrity of the election, the canvassing board could request a hand count of every ballot in the county.

56.   In his brief television speech on Wednesday night, Bush belittled the accuracy and fairness of hand counts.

57.   In Miami-Dade County, election officials may choose Friday to also conduct a hand count of presidential ballots.

58.   Instead he mustered all his legal weapons to stop the hand count.

59.   It can end the uncertainty by directing that all the hand counts be fully completed by a given date and that those tallies be included in the final count.

60.   It was Harris herself who stopped Palm Beach from counting, they cried, when her office told them a hand count was illegal.