You do #3 a disservice. Anyway, I am reminded after my search down memory lane of the 2000 election why I have such an antipathy to all things gore:
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a1a71cc4958.htm#46
". . .the block of ballots (something on the order of 3000) emanating from the Carrier Battle Group and Amphibious Ready Group that covered the withdrawal of USS Cole arrived in Florida Saturday morning. The ballots are apparently being held in block and have not been sent to the appropriate counties for counting. The reason? Guess what. The Democrats are challenging their validity on grounds that they got here too late. Let's disenfranchise Americans serving their country overseas in unfriendly places while simultaneously recounting votes in south Florida deciding what the voter intended to do, rather than what he or she did. . . ."
[NOTE: remember that 7 Americans were killed in the attack on the Cole.] can't you just see algore trying to decide "h'mmm, win the election or count the military votes -- oooh, that's a hard one!" What a . . .