A dimpled ballot should be allowed if a county canvassing board finds that it shows voter intent.

There are 2,000 dimpled ballots in the county, and election officials had decided to ignore the dimples.

A Texas law enacted in 1993 says that local election officials can count dimpled ballots, provided they reveal the intent of the voter.

In fact, there were no dimpled ballots that were not counted.

But the other lawyer, who said he is now consulting with the Gore campaign, said the judge had included dimpled ballots.

"I don't know what a dimpled ballot is, to be honest with you," he said.

I don't know what the difference between a pregnant ballot and a dimpled ballot is.

The recount erupted in acrimony this morning over - what else - dimpled ballots.

And just like this, which is, you know, an obviously dimpled ballot, we would count those as votes.

The officials planned to review the dimpled ballots Thursday.