Article: [0] Nation's eyes on hand count in Florida; Gore campaign turns hopes to ballot review.(News)

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The Boston Herald
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November 11, 2000
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Election officials here launch a painstaking hand count of disputed ballots today that could spur yet another bombshell in the four-day-old presidential election thriller.

Officials from Al Gore's campaign hope the limited review of ballots in the heavily Democratic area will turn up errors calling into doubt - or possibly reversing - Republican George W. Bush's current 327-vote lead in Florida.

"Contrary to claims being made this morning by the Bush campaign, this election is not over," said Gore campaign chairman William Daley.

Meanwhile, Bush last night gave top adviser James A. Baker III - the former secretary of ...

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