Mike Deery, a spokesman for Supervisor Kate Murray, said the town was open to further discussions.
A spokesman for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who called for the audit, said Wednesday the examination could take two more months to complete.
A spokesman said a supervisor realised the officer's decision to take the sign was an error and returned it after Harrison called the police department.
Twice, Bob Nichols, a spokesman for the election supervisor, tried to explain the rules of the manual recount, which were adopted in 1990.
"It's not like they were planning on taking the money and running off to Vegas," said Joel Bellman, a spokesman for a Los Angeles County supervisor, Zev Yaroslavsky.
The New York Police Department owns only a handful of Tasers, which are used by specialized units and supervisors, a spokesman said.
"It would be an expression of a lack of confidence in the machines," for which the county just spent $14 million, said David Wert, a spokesman for the county supervisors.
First Lt. Brian Villiard, a Marine spokesman, said a brig duty supervisor had ordered Private Manning's clothing taken from him.
A spokesman for Gloria Molina, a Los Angeles County supervisor, said Ms. Molina had asked the planning commission for a similar proposal.
"The Republican nominee is currently under investigation for polluting Long Island groundwater, and has a history of corruption and mismanagement in his tenure as Brookhaven supervisor," said John Del Cecato, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
"What a tragedy it is that this hospital has been able to function on such a substandard level as it has," said Tony Bell, a spokesman for Michael D. Antonovich, a Los Angeles County supervisor who has supported the closing.
