What was the main reason a hand recount was ordered in Florida?

Some ballots in Florida were difficult for voting machines to interpret, including ballots with hanging or dimpled chads. Because machine counts could miss voters’ intended choices on those ballots, a hand recount was ordered to examine them more carefully. The machines had not shown a clear winner, and the U.S. Supreme Court did not initially order the recount.

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