Before resubmission, they removed the chads by hand, thus giving Gore an extra 417 votes. If people can do that when they are limited by the machine, think of the opportunities that abound when they needn't bother with the machine. If the hanging chad indicated a vote for the other side, the lawyer would pick up the ballot very gently, so he could argue that the voter really never intended to vote for the opponent. If the hanging chad was a vote for his side, the lawyer would handle the ballot vigorously, so that the chad soon was no longer hanging. Although the deadline for recounting has passed, some Florida areas are still recounting, until Gore wins enough votes to tip the state.
Hand counting the way it is being done in Florida violates basic procedural due process.
It will not give us better information about the voters' intent, only more evidence that the recounting will stop only when the vote comes out the way the recounters want it to.