Major Poll Setback for GoreA Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday night that it will not order Miami-Dade elections officials to conduct a hand recount, dealing a blow to Vice President Gore on a busy day of developments in the presidential campaign. Earlier in the day, the local election board halted a recount that had been underway, saying that there wasn't time to go through Miami-Dade's ballots before a fast-approaching certification deadline. That prompted the Gore camp to try to compel the board to finish the recounts. Also on Wednesday night, lawyers for George W. Bush asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the use of any recounted ballots in Florida.
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