Our voice is not heard' black Democrats say There are plenty of signs that the controversy over the George W Bush's election to the presidency will not be allowed to fade. In Florida, several organisations are applying to carry out their own counts of the disputed votes. A number of news organisations and public-interest groups have applied to carry out their own recounts in Florida, including the Miami Herald newspaper. The paper says in its Thursday online edition that it is seeking access to 10,750 ballots in the predominantly Democrat county of Miami-Dade. The paper's executive editor, Martin Baron, says it is not intending to declare who it thinks should have been declared the winner.
People can come to their own conclusions.
Lawyers for Miami-Dade County will not try to block the recount, the Miami Herald says. The recount is certain to catch the attention of the 38 Democrat members of the federal Congressional Black Causus. The Federal Justice Department is currently investigating complaints that black voters in Florida were prevented from voting by police road blocks and that votes in some predominantly black areas were never counted.