Mr. Bush's lead is 327. Democrats formally request a manual recount in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia Counties, where ballots are in dispute. Mr. Bush sues in Federal District Court in Miami to bar manual counting. Nov. 12 - A fight over absentee ballots Volusia County begins its recount. Democrats say they will sue the elections supervisor in Seminole County, where Republican Party workers were permitted to correct errors on applications for absentee ballots for Republicans.
Federal court refuses to stop manual recounts.
Florida election officials announce plans to certify statewide results, not counting overseas absentee ballots, on Nov. 14. The Gore campaign sues to extend the deadline. With full machine recount and Volusia County's hand count completed, Mr. Bush has a lead of 300 votes on this deadline day. State judge upholds the deadline but says further recounts can be considered later. Broward County's canvassing board decides to begin a manual recount of all 587,928 ballots cast.