1.   But the project also showed the inherent difficulties of finding voter intent on punch-card ballots on which the chads were not dislodged.

2.   If a voter fails to dislodge the chad, no vote is recorded.

3.   Republicans say some volunteers are, either by accident or on purpose, dislodging the chads.

4.   The Bush camp insists that some chads were dislodged by aggressive handling of ballots and that the ballots were then counted as Gore votes.

5.   The minuscule changes show voters took greater care in dislodging their chads, said Tony Enos, one of the county Elections Office employees who conducted the recounts.

6.   These votes would come from ballots in which voters had tried to choose a candidate, but failed to completely dislodge the chad next to his name.

7.   Villanueva also noted that dislodging a chad by pushing the stylus through the voting apparatus at a slight angle also requires greater force.

8.   If a voter does not completely dislodge a chad, the tabulating equipment often does not count a vote that a voter intended to cast.

9.   If the chads are not dislodged, the votes are not counted by the tabulation computers.