O'Brien thanked those involved in the count.
An impasse over three Leon County votes, cast by State Department employees abroad, showed the level of minutiae involved in the count.
By evening, only 32,000 of more than 462,000 Palm Beach ballots had been recounted, in part because of challenges by both Republicans and Democrats involved in the count.
As cocktails ended and the crowd began filing into Avery Fisher Hall, one guest, Steven Cojaracu, a People magazine columnist, asked, "Are these awards political?" Answering his own question, he said, "Well, I don't know, but I heard Katharine Harris was involved in the count".
In Palm Beach County, where the Gore campaign has pinned much of its hopes, results were disappointing Democrats: tonight, with the recount of disputed ballots finished in about half the county's precincts, Mr. Gore had a net gain of 32 votes, according to Democrats involved in the count.
However, specificities (true negatives among those declaring not being sick) were more precise as there were higher numbers involved in the count.
A third Democrat who has been involved in the counting said, "If the count were to continue at where it's going, there's no way" that Mr. Gore would catch up with Mr. Bush.
While people around the country followed the dispute with anxiety, hope and curiosity, for hundreds of people in this state who were directly involved in the counting and the litigation, the election lawsuits had upended their lives, and threatened to do so again until the moment the Supreme Court ruled.
Moreover, pairing was found to be dependent on the X inactivation center (XIC), which itself is involved in the counting of X-chromosomes and the choice of inactivation (Bacher et al. 2006).
Because wherever the Browns go, whenever they are involved in the action, count on surprise, shock and excitement.
In fact, Senate staffers involved in the vote count indicated that the Senator who has not announced his decision yet is a top target.
