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Election of 2000: A Travesty of Justice

Election of 2000: A Travesty of Justice. Election results November 2000. PRESIDENT EV States Won Vote %Votes BUSH W 271 30 50,456,169 48% GORE 266 21 50,996,116 48%. Florida's 25 electoral votes hung in the balance.

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Election of 2000: A Travesty of Justice

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  1. Election of 2000: A Travesty of Justice

  2. Election results November 2000 • PRESIDENTEVStates WonVote%VotesBUSHW 271 30 50,456,169 48% • GORE 266 21 50,996,11648%

  3. Florida's 25 electoral votes hung in the balance

  4. Florida Factors that affected the outcome of 2000 • Confusing ballot in West Palm Beach

  5. Florida Factors that affected the outcome of 2000 • Third Party Green candidate Ralph Nader drained some votes from Gore

  6. Brother Jeb Bush was governor of Florida Katherine Harris was Secretary of State Bush had friends in high places in Florida

  7. Suppression of the Black vote through intimidation and….. • Why? Because African-Americans traditionally vote Democratic

  8. Outright “scrubbing” black voters out. • How? • If they had a name that sounded similar to a convicted felon, they were scrubbed….. • If black soldiers failed to respond to a mailing, they were scrubbed….

  9. Election hijinks • Database Technologies had scrubbed 57,700 legal voters off the Florida rolls, most of whom would have probably voted for Gore. • At least 8,000 of those disenfranchised voters came from a list of Texas felons provided by ChoicePoint Inc. – except that those people had actually only committed misdemeanors and not felonies.

  10. Hanging Chads and endless recounts

  11. Finally, only 527 votes separates Gore from Bush but then….. The Supreme Court orders a halt to the counting...Bush wins

  12. Karma?

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