If there is one word that summarizes political sentiment in Volusia County, it might be frustration.
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The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Volusia County in northeast Florida seeking to extend the deadline.
Volusia County Animal Control was helping to evacuate horses and other large animals from the area, the county government said.
Interstate 95 in Volusia County reopened after it was closed in both directions because of the fire and poor visibility, authorities said.
In Volusia, one of four counties where Democrats asked for a hand recount, officials said they would still need an extension in order to count their votes.
Firefighters from Volusia and Flagler counties, the state forest service and all city fire departments were working to fight the fire, the Volusia County government website said.
His frustration is shared by many in Volusia County, where big job losses and a seemingly unending wave of home foreclosures make for an especially volatile political climate.
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But election officials in Volusia and Palm Beach Counties and the Gore campaign argued that the counties should have as much time as they need to complete a hand recount.
Mr. Obama won Volusia by about five percentage points in 2008, but two years later, Republican candidates, including Gov. Rick Scott, pulled off nearly a clean sweep in the county.
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Officials in Volusia County finished their hand recount yesterday.
More than 100, 000 people were evacuated, including the entire population of Flagler County and most of Volusia County, as an army of firefighters from around the country tried to stop the encroaching flames.
The U.S. Coast Guard, the Volusia County Beach Patrol and the sheriff's office immediately launched a search-and-rescue mission using helicopters, boats and personal watercraft to try to find the Winter Park, Florida, father and son.
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The 1st District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee had not, by 4 p.m. received an appeal challenging the 5 p.m. deadline from either the Gore campaign or Volusia County, an official in the clerk's office said.
Gerald Kogan, former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Gore and Volusia County officials could seek temporary injunctions from either the appeals or the supreme court suspending the 5 p.m. deadline until the merits of extending the deadline are heard by either court.
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