They urged him to reject ballots marked by "rogue" dimples.

The machines will reject ballots that are not filled out correctly.

In other words, it may reject ballots initially counted and count ballots initially rejected.

A1 A judge in heavily Democratic Broward County said elections officials need not reject ballots on which voters did not punch holes for candidates.

They say that while the lack of a postmark was the most common reason for rejecting overseas ballots, very few military ballots were thrown out purely for that reason.

The most common reason cited for challenging and rejecting ballots was the absence of postmarks, or illegible postmarks, which Florida law requires on all overseas ballots.

A Broward County judge here said today that elections officials recounting the county's presidential ballots need not reject ballots on which voters did not perforate the punchcards.

For nearly two decades, she added, her canvassing board had rejected ballots with late or missing postmarks without any fuss.

A Republican lawyer told some canvassing board members that they faced federal prosecution and jail time if they persisted in rejecting overseas ballots.

Equally, the Union must demand transparency in the voting process and reject secret ballots, a practice that really exists, especially when it comes to listing species in annexes.