[suthener]

“So that line should have been, “Gore’s demands for additional recounts were finally denied when the schedule - due to his own delays - ran out.”

Or it could have been: but, despite the best efforts of crooked election officials and the Florida judiciary, not enough votes could be fabricated to ensure Gore’s election.

[Phlyer]

. . . despite the best efforts of crooked election officials and the Florida judiciary, . . .

Don't forget the media. They called Florida for Gore when the panhandle polling places were still open. Dr. John Lott, statistician extraordinaire, said that cost Bush at least 10,000 votes, which would have made Florida a non-issue. That was actually the biggest scandal in the whole election.

But the topic was on what Gore did to try to get a recount, and in particular the comment that his call for a recount went unheeded. That was a factually incorrect statement even aside from motives.