llots. Click for a larger view Votes for Pat Buchanan by county in Florida The possibility of legal action expanded as the state vote recount resumed today, with Democrats pressing the issue in Florida and Republicans threatening recounts in Iowa and Wisconsin -- both of which Gore is estimated to have won narrowly. A recount in New Mexico is already under way and results should be reported on Friday. Daley said Gore's team in Florida would request a "hand count" of presidential ballots in four Florida counties: Vollusia, Broward, Dade and Palm Beach, where voters have complained that the county's ballot design was confusing and netted Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan hundreds, perhaps thousands, of votes intended for Gore. Daley also said he would "be working with voters from Florida to support a legal action to demand some redress for the disenfranchisement of more than 20,000 voters in the state of Florida." The former Commerce Secretary repeated allegations voiced by a Florida Democratic congressman that slightly more than 19,000 ballots were disqualified in Palm Beach because baffled voters cast votes for two presidential candidates. "If the will of the people is to prevail, Al Gore should be awarded a victory in Florida and should be the next president of the United States," Daley said. ...
