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Mar 11, 2024 · Bush v. Gore, legal case, decided on December 12, 2000, in which the Supreme Court of the United States reversed an order by the Florida Supreme Court for a selective manual recount of that state’s U.S. presidential election ballots. The 5–4 per curiam (unsigned) decision effectively awarded Florida’s 25 Electoral College votes to ...
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Dec 10, 2000 · Dec. 10, 2000. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — In a sudden and devastating blow to Vice President Al Gore's presidential hopes, the United States Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 today to stop the vote counting ...
Oct 19, 2020 · Gore: How a Recount Dispute Affects Voting Today. The dramatic controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election led to sweeping voting reforms, but opened the door to a new set of problems that continue to affect elections today. The recount of votes in Florida during the 2000 election focused worldwide attention on the country’s ...
A. 1. The majority raises three Equal Protection problems with the Florida Supreme Court’s recount order: first, the failure to include overvotes in the manual recount; second, the fact that all ballots, rather than simply the undervotes, were recounted in some, but not all, counties; and third, the absence of a uniform, specific standard to ...
Oct 26, 2016 · In 2016, that deadline is December 13, since the college votes on December 19. Back in 2000, a deeply divided Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, wouldn’t allow an extension of the safe harbor deadline proposed by Justice Stephen Breyer in the specific case of Florida’s recount. Scott Bomboy is the editor in chief of the National Constitution Center.
Dec 10, 2000 · Minutes after a federal appeals court rejected a petition by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the high court voted, 5 to 4, to stop the tabulations, which represented Vice President Al Gore’s best ...
