COURTS:
—Before the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers for George W. Bush argued that Florida counties had only until Nov. 14 to recount and certify results. Bush held a 300-vote lead over Vice President Al Gore at the time. He increased it to 930 once overseas ballots were tallied. The Florida Supreme Court extended the deadline by five days and Bush's margin fell to 537, pending possible Gore-requested recounts. Some justices questioned whether federal courts should step in.
—The Florida Supreme Court rejected Gore's request for an immediate recount of disputed ballots. Earlier, a Leon County judge refused to begin a recount, pending a hearing Saturday on whether 1.1 million south Florida ballots were counted correctly.
—Six people filed a lawsuit in Tallahassee asking that 1,500 overseas ballots from 10 Republican-leaning counties be tossed out because they arrived after 7 p.m. Election Day. The plaintiffs allege a violation of federal law.
—In Tallahassee, Democratic voters filed a lawsuit challenging 9,773 Martin County absentee ballots, saying GOP officials added voter ID numbers to applications that had been left blank. Bush had a 2,815-vote edge in Martin County absentee voting.
IN FLORIDA:
—Speaker of the House Tom Feeney said he is ready to call a special session of the Florida Legislature to consider appointing its own presidential electors. But Senate President John McKay said he wanted to first study a committee recommendation for an extra session. Republicans control both chambers, and Gov. Jeb Bush says he would sign an "acceptable" bill naming the electors.
—A pair of cargo vans carrying 650,000 Miami-Dade County ballots rolled into Tallahassee for a Saturday hearing on whether their chads and marks were counted and recounted properly. They join 462,000 Palm Beach County ballots shipped Thursday.
—A Bush spokesman said that if a state judge orders another recount of south Florida ballots, then 1.2 million ballots from Broward, Pinellas and Volusia counties should be counted again because some improper votes for Gore might be among them.
—The Miami Herald reported that at least 445 Florida felons voted illegally on Nov. 7, despite an effort to purge dead and illegal voters from the rolls.
ELSEWHERE:
—Outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Gore supporters waved signs declaring, "We've been bushwacked," and chanted, "Let every vote count." Bush supporters held signs reading "Winners not winers," and chanted "Give up now."
—Former U.S. Sen. John Durkin, D-N.H., urged patience. Durkin won the closest election in Senate history. After recounts gave him and U.S. Rep. Louis Wyman, D-N.H., single- and double-digit leads in a 1974 race, Durkin won the seat in a 1975 rerun ordered by the U.S. Senate. "It's an emotional roller-coaster. There's no other way to explain it," he said.
QUOTES:
—"We are housewives, we are soccer moms, we're everyday people. What is going on is a travesty of justice. It is not democracy in action." — Shannon King, 39, at a Little Rock, Ark., pro-Bush rally, complaining that Gore only wants to recount votes until he has enough to win.
—"It's a shame the Republicans are trying to run out the clock. Obviously, they want to use every delay possible." — Steve Tankel of Tallahassee, Fla., a Gore supporter who watched Miami-Dade County ballots arrive at the Leon County Courthouse. States face a Dec. 12 deadline to name presidential electors.
—"What's interesting is the constant evolution of this process. This is sort of like a Rubik's Cube as you expose one possibility there are other possibilities that are ... exposed." —Senate President John McKay, at a news conference on the possibility of a special session at which the Florida Legislature would name delegates to the electoral college.