GORE'S DIMPLED DARLINGS: INDENTED BALLOTS FAVOR HIM.Byline: - Daily News The outcome of the recount in Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and could hinge on Verb 1. hinge on - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge upon, turn on, ride ``dimpled'' ballots - those which show an indentation in·den·ta·tion n. A notch, a pit, or a depression. but have the chad still fully attached. Without counting the dimpled ballots, Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore apparently is not gaining enough votes from recounts in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties to overcome Gov. George W. Bush's 930-vote lead. With about one-third of the precincts pre·cinct n. 1. a. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force. b. recounted in the three counties, Gore had picked up just 154 votes - three in Palm Beach, 118 in Broward and 33 in Miami-Dade. If the pattern held, he would still be 500 votes short. Enter the dimpled ballot factor. In the three counties, there are about 27,000 ``undervotes,'' ballots that didn't register a presidential vote on machines but may have an indentation indicating a preference. In Palm Beach County, there were 276 dimpled ballots for Gore and 73 dimpled ballots for Bush that weren't tallied in the 103 precincts that were recounted - a net gain of 203. With 428 precincts still not counted, Gore stands to gain more than 800 more votes in Palm Beach County if the pattern holds true. All the undervotes in all three counties have been set aside and dimpled ballots could be counted at the direction of county canvassing boards - subject to a court challenge. |
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