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Media correspondent Terence Smith discusses the media-sponsored recount of Florida presidential votes with Mark Seibel, managing editor of the Miami Herald.

More than three months after Democrat Al Gore conceded the contested 2000 election, an independent hand recount of Florida's ballots released Tuesday says he would have lost anyway, even if officials would have allowed the hand count he requested.