51.   Democrats maintain that the manual recount is the most fair way to determine who will be the next president.

52.   Democrats asked for manual recounts in Palm Beach, Broward, Volusia and Miami-Dade counties on the grounds that every voter deserves to have his vote count.

53.   Democrats say that manual recounts can detect votes that machines miss.

54.   Democrats, putting their last hope on the manual recounts, have been playing for time in the hope that Gore would overtake Bush in the hand counts.

55.   Doug Hattaway, a spokesman for Gore, said Christopher called Rogow on Thursday about the manual recount.

56.   During a manual recount Saturday of four precincts, the dimpled chads overwhelmingly favored Gore.

57.   Earlier Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the Florida Supreme Court that allowed manual recounts of some votes.

58.   Election officials in several states said a manual recount is a simple and reliable way to correct mistakes in the computerized counts.

59.   Elections here are rarely decided by manual recounts.

60.   Even at this late date, there should be a full manual recount in Miami-Dade County.