the ambiguity Ashton is talking about (from the NY Times article)

"If all the ballots had been reviewed under any of seven single standards, and combined with the results of an examination of overvotes, Mr. Gore would have won, by a very narrow margin. For example, using the most permissive "dimpled chad" standard, nearly 25,000 additional votes would have been reaped, yielding 644 net new votes for Mr. Gore and giving him a 107-vote victory margin."

[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/politics/recount/12VOTE.html?pagewanted=2|http://www.nytimes....pagewanted=2]