61.   Later that same day, Rouse called McDermott again and A conference call was arranged with Butterworth, who argued that a hand recount was permissible under state law.

62.   Meanwhile, the hand recounts continued in South Florida, although there was no clear indication when the work might be completed.

63.   Miami-Dade County began its hand recount Monday, and had released results from only a few precincts.

64.   Most important, it allowed the hand recounts of hundreds of thousands of ballots in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties to continue.

65.   Most notoriously, they encouraged a mob protest in Miami that helped persuade election officials to prematurely terminate a hand recount that had already begun.

66.   No recounts are necessary in Broward, Palm Beach or Volusia counties because officials there already completed hand recounts.

67.   Neither Democrats nor Republicans have demanded a hand recount or new election in Duval County.

68.   Officials in Broward and Miami-Dade had previously voted not to do hand recounts, but changed their positions after the courts ruled the counts were permissible.

69.   Officials in Miami-Dade County will discuss a hand recount Tuesday.

70.   Officials there abandoned their hand recount altogether, saying the Sunday deadline was impossible to meet.