Gore's people should have insisted on a full recount, not cherry-picked counties and a no-dimpled-chad standard.
From the time.com
Pregnant or dimpled chad are attached to the ballot at all four corners, but bear an indentation indicating the voter may have intended to mark the ballot.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The legal battle so far has taken in issues as majestic as the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and as humble as the status of the now famous dimpled chad.
From the time.com
Many undervotes were potentially caused by either voter error or errors with the punch card paper ballots resulting in hanging, dimpled, or pregnant chad.