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November 9, 2000 

WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida election officials prepared for a recount in their stunningly close election for president after the margin between George W. Bush and Al Gore shrank through the night.

At last count, the margin between them was as many as 2,500 with one precinct outstanding, depending on the vote source.

Florida election law requires a vote recount if the margin of difference is less than one half of 1 percent. Several Florida counties still have absentee ballots yet to count, and elections officials expect several thousand votes from overseas. Elections officials weren't sure how long it would take this time, but said it took 10 days in 1996 to count overseas absentee ballots.

Gore conceded defeat and then called back to retract the concession in the early morning hours Wednesday. His campaign chairman, William Daley, later appeared before Gore supporters in Nashville, Tennessee, to say the Gore campaign would request a recount.

"This race is simply too close to call and until the recount is concluded and the results of Florida become official, our campaign continues," Daley said.