Florida’s disputed 2000 election unfolds across Florida recounts
Chronology of events from Nov 7 to Nov 28 shows networks projecting Gore then Bush as Florida winner, calls and retracts, calls for hand recounts in Palm Beach Miami-Dade Broward and Volusia, court battles, and final Bush victory by 537 votes amid Supreme Court involvement.
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al Gore
Florida
Texas
George W. Bush
White House
Gore
Bush
William Daley
Palm Beach
Miami-Dade
Broward
Volusia
Washington, D.C
U.S. District Court
Miami
Atlanta
Seminole County
Florida Supreme Court
Dick Cheney
U.S. Supreme Court
Cheney
Harris
Nassau
Leon County
Tallahassee
Timeline of Bush Gore election dispute events in Florida and federal courts
A sequence of actions from late November to December detailing court orders on ballots in Palm Beach and Miami Dade, Bush transition plans, calls for a Florida Electoral College session, Supreme Court arguments on recount deadlines, and Florida Supreme Court rulings. The record notes Bush and Gore lawyers in key hearings, legislative maneuvers on electors, and the certification process ending with Gore’s concession timeline.
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N. Sanders Sauls
Palm Beach
Miami- Dade
Tallahassee
Bush
Sauls
Miami-Dade
Cheney
McLean
General Services Administration
Florida
Jeb Bush
Colin Powell
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Martin County
Florida Supreme Court
Gore
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
US. District Court
Martin
Seminole County
Leon County
Seminole
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
11Th Circuit
US. Supreme Court
Florida House of Representatives
Florida Senate abandons plan to name Bush electors
Florida’s Republican senate halted a vote to name presidential electors pledged to George W. Bush as Al Gore conceded the White House race. Senate leaders paused the special session, calling the action out of respect for Gore and noting possible further action, though withdrawal signaled the dispute’s end.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Senate
George W. Bush
al Gore
White House
Gore
John McKay
McKay
Jim King
NAACP urges Bush to probe voting irregularities nationwide
NAACP president Kweisi Mfume called on President Bush to authorize a sweeping federal investigation into voting irregularities, especially in Florida, to ensure minority voters’ rights and address claims that the election was compromised. He urged the attorney general and Justice Department to act promptly to assign blame where due.
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Baltimore
George W. Bush
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
Bush
al Gore
Justice Department
Florida
Mfume
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