Florida court rejects Democrats' bid for recount

9:00 AM

TALLAHASEE - The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a bid by the campaign of Democrat Al Gore to force Miami-Dade County to recount votes from the Nov. 7 presidential election by hand, a major blow to the vice president's hopes to win the White House.

Court spokesman Craig Waters said in a statement: "The writ is denied without prejudice... No motion for rehearing will be allowed."

Waters said all seven judges of the court had signed the order rejecting the petition from Gore's campaign.

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