>>>>>In fact, at least some of the counties asked the courts (the FL Supreme Court, if I remember right) to give them a set of rules to follow in counting the ballots, and the courts said, in essence, "that's your problem.">
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>>>>It's called past practices. They should follow the rules that were in place prior to the election, not continue to change them until algore is in the west wing.
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>>>What rules were in place?
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>>The ones they used in previous elections.
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>And those would be written where?

Well, I don't know about Florida, but here in TN (Bush country) our counties have written procedures on what to do, when. I assume they have similar documents, don't you?