consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New unofficial tallies from Florida show Al Gore gaining 682 votes from the so-called "overvotes," ballots kicked out because counting machines detected more than one vote for president. The gain -- discovered in the Miami Herald/USA Today analysis -- would be enough to erase George W. Bush's official victory margin of 537 votes. But like everything else in Florida's election, it's not quite that simple. What is clearer is that Al Gore was the choice of the voters, both in Florida and the United States. Bush, however, enjoyed a decisive advantage with the national news media, demanding "closure" in the days after the election, and with conservative operatives dispatched to Florida to stage unruly and even violent protests. For the full story, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
