Democrats seek tabulation standard like Palm Beach s.
For the umpteenth time, Republicans were trying to stop a hand recount of 588,000 ballots taking place at the county s disaster center. This round it was Samuels turn to be ecstatic. Supporters of Vice President Al Gore were reasoning that if they could change the standard, the Democrat could pick up as many as 500 new votes here. Arguments erupted at the tables, which one Republican compared to Las Vegas. With a mind toward future litigation, the Republicans had requested copies of hundreds of hours of video from county security cameras across the vast disaster center.