No, it's the second count. There was no hand count "going on for days." The
first hand count in Palm Beach County was yesterday. The machine recount,
undertaken in all counties, was automatic. Florida law requires an automatic
recount if a candidate was defeated or eliminated by one-half of a percent
or less. The partial hand recount in Palm Beach County was requested by the
Gore campaign based on evidence that the machines were failing to read
imperfectly punched ballots.
> cnn reports that Palm Beach County's voting bosses just decided
> (Sunday) to
> re-count.(isn't this the 3rd count? 1. The first machine count. 2. The
> hand count that's been going on for days already. 3.This new count.) I
> couldn't figure out why, exactly from reading the site. Anyway,
>
