Florida Judge Rejects Recount

A Florida judge refused Monday to order a manual recount of thousands of south Florida presidential ballots.

The decision helps cement President-elect Bush's certified 537-vote victory over Al Gore, who is still trying to seize Florida's 25 electoral votes and the White House.

There was "no credible statistical evidence" that results from a recount would alter the outcome, Leon County Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls, a Democrat, ruled in Tallahassee.

He found "no proof of illegality, dishonesty, gross negligence, improper influence or fraud" in the ballot counting. He said Florida law did not allow counties to submit results after the statewide deadline, Fox News reported.

Gore's lawyer's demonstration of "voter error" failed to justify a manual recount, Sauls ruled.

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