Broward County, the most heavily Democratic in the state, decided not to have a manual recount and will certify the machine count.

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P. stronghold, which decided on Friday to use its initial election-night vote count rather than the mandatory machine recount performed several days later.

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At the same time, he switched from a paper strip to punched cards. (Making the cards the same size as dollar bills meant that existing storage cabinets could be used.) By clever wiring of the tabulating machine, it was possible to count the number of cards with particular combinations of attributes.

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It is the Bush machine, not the Gore machine, that encouraged supporters to storm the office where Miami-Dade officials were trying to count votes.

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