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ELECTION INTEGRITY RECOUNT REPORT (DIMPLES AND HANGING CHADS DID NOT ADD UP)
By Bruce Eberle & MillionsofAmericans.com
Feb. 26, 2001

The Miami Herald newspaper reported this morning (Feb. 26) that even if ballots in Miami-Dade county with the slightest dimple, indentation or "hanging chad" were counted in Al Gore's favor, George W. Bush still would have won the election. "Al Gore would have netted no more than 49 votes if a manual recount of Miami-Dade' ballots had been completed," concluded public accounting firm BDO Seidman -- a firm hired by the Herald and their parent company, Knight Ridder to conduct a private recount.

BDO Seidman used the loosest possible standard in their recount. Any ballot that "bore some kind of marking that might be interpreted as a vote" for either presidential candidate was counted.

And Gore still fell short.

In fact, when BDO applied a stricter standard to the recount (only counting ballots that bore clear marks of a presidential vote) George W. Bush actually picked up votes in Miami-Dade.

Any way you count the ballots, the facts are now clear: even when you add the 49 "votes" Al Gore picked up in Miami- Dade to the recounts in Volusia, Palm Beach, and Broward county Florida...

..George W. Bush remains the undisputed winner.

Keep in mind that this latest recount was conducted by an independent accounting firm -- and not the local Democratic Party bosses who wanted to control the recount process.

Thanks again to everyone who pitched in and helped us collect and deliver over 600,000 petitions and letters during the election crisis.

Upon hearing the latest recount news, President Bush was quoted as saying "Hopefully all the focus on the past is over with. It's time to move forward.'' I couldn't agree more.