CLOSE CALLS IN U. S. ELECTION HISTORY Commonlit: Part A: What does the word "comply" most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 13?

A. Report to the public
B. Recalculate, reassess
C. Make optional changes
D. Obey, follow the rule

D. Obey, follow the rule

Explanation:

Literally, the word "comply" means "obey," "enforce". Within the text to which the question refers, the word "comply" refers to Al Gore's judicial request that the votes for the presidential election be recounted, as the electoral justice approved this request, an order was created to recount that should be carried out by all determined states, that is, the counties had to comply with recent request.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class