1.   Election boards will count the ballots by hand.

2.   Boards counted ballots postmarked as many as seven days after the election, including some from within the United States.

3.   But Republican lawyers in Broward said they are poised for a legal battle if the Democratic-controlled canvassing board counts too many of the challenged votes for Gore.

4.   Democrats argued that the ruling suggested that canvassing boards should count such ballots.

5.   During that election, the board counted, recounted and re-recounted ballots for four days.

6.   In a manual recount, some canvassing boards might count that as a vote.

7.   Kellner, a Democrat, said the board would count any write-in votes cast for Giuliani or anyone else.

8.   Last week, Labarga ruled that the canvassing board may count ballots when it can discern voter intent, but he also allowed the board to exercise discretion.

9.   On most of the disputed ballots reviewed Tuesday, the canvassing board had not counted a vote for either candidate.

10.   Previously, the board had counted only chads with two or more corners punched through as votes.