>>I suppose that the head of the canvassing board in Dade repeatedly telling the press they were not intimidated isn't good enough?
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>I think he was lying, plain and simple.

A reporter has one of the board recorded on tape from the canvassor meeting just before the "stop" decision was made, and the member indicated that the demonstrators were "a factor." Not necessarily that any physical threat was perceived, but that the counting process would be more difficult to complete on time...so IMO the demonstration had at least a partial impact.