The link is no good - it leads to the obituaries (would that the Gore campaign be listed there)
This from Bush-Chaney 2000 -
"The Palm Beach Post
Gore's Point Man Argued Against Dimples in 1996
Joel Engelhardt, Palm Beach Post
11/22/00
Excerpts:
"Amid the swarm of the world press outside the county Emergency Operations Center, Dennis Newman leads the charge to find new votes for Al Gore in the dimples of the Palm Beach County ballot.
"His argument, put simply, is that dimples show the true intent of the voter. Voters caused those dimples. Dimples should count.
"Four years ago, in a similar election spat, Newman took a much different stand. Employing his best legal tactics on behalf of a Democrat holding a slight lead in a primary race for Congress, Newman scoffed at the idea of counting the tiny indentations as votes.
"Like the Republicans watching now, Newman wondered out loud how ballots that had been handled over and over, in recount after recount, could still be impartially judged. Couldn't the ballots -- and therefore the votes -- be affected by all that touching and grabbing?
Full Story:
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/news_9.html