81.   Still, her department, barring court intervention, has the last word on whether the results of hand counts in some counties will be considered after that deadline.

82.   That is why there have already been partial or complete hand counts not just in two Democratic counties in Florida, but in six Republican counties as well.

83.   That intent cannot be known unless all ballots are counted under legislation that specifically recognizes hand counts as the ultimate level of accuracy.

84.   The Bush campaign prefers the results of existing machine counts in Palm Beach County, where Democrats hope the hand count will favor Gore.

85.   The board unanimously voted to conduct the hand count last Thursday, and Tuesday, it unanimously stood behind the results.

86.   The contests grew in importance for Gore as Democratic officials acknowledged he would probably not prevail in the hand counts.

87.   The Democrat Party is challenging that decision in court to force a hand count.

88.   The county Democratic Party asked for a hand count.

89.   The discrepency between hand and machine counts, Democrats said, was further grounds to extend the hand count to the rest of Palm Beach County.

90.   The Florida Supreme Court refused to block the hand counts that his campaign had sought in several predominantly Democratic counties.