Machines make mistakes; use manual recounts
This is a time to respect every voter and every vote. This is a time to honor the true will of the people. So our goal must be what is right for America.
There is a simple reason that Florida law, and the law in many other states, calls for a careful check by real people of the machine results in elections like this one. The reason? Machines can sometimes misread or fail to detect the way ballots are cast. And when there are serious doubts, checking the machine count with a careful hand count is accepted far and wide as the best way to know the true intentions of the voters. That is why there have already been partial or complete hand counts not just in two Democratic counties in Florida, but in six Republican counties as well.
We need a resolution that is fair and final. We need to move expeditiously to the most complete and accurate count that is possible.
Source: Statement by Al Gore on Florida recount Nov 15, 2000
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