1.   At least three predominantly Democratic counties agreed to the arduous task of manually recounting votes after the Gore camp complained of confusing and irregular ballots.

2.   All or no Florida votes should be recounted, he said, not just some of them.

3.   Butterworth disagreed, saying that a county could recount its votes if such action could conceivably change the outcome of an election.

4.   For the last three days the election committee has been recounting the votes of five small communes that the opposition asserts were the scene of irregularities.

5.   In Palm Beach County, election supervisors Thursday night began recounting votes shortly after the Supreme Court ruling.

6.   In two cases, votes were recounted by hand to determine victors because the machine counts were so close and a few ballots appeared flawed.

7.   It just means somebody needs to recount the votes.

8.   James Bopp Jr., an Indiana lawyer representing the GOP voters, urged the court to strike recounted votes in Volusia as well.

9.   Kostunica has appealed to Greece and Russia to help mediate the electoral dispute and recount the votes.

10.   Last month, in a comparable situation, the high court overruled a circuit judge and extended the deadline for recounting votes.