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Election 2000: The Election That Made America Question Its Election Process

Election 2000: The Election That Made America Question Its Election Process. Brandy Smith. Supreme Court Interference In The Presidential Election of 2000 Current Problems With The Electoral College & Suggested Reforms Voter-Turnout & The Influence On The 2000 Election.

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Election 2000: The Election That Made America Question Its Election Process

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  1. Election 2000: The Election That Made America Question Its Election Process Brandy Smith

  2. Supreme Court Interference In The Presidential Election of 2000 • Current Problems With The Electoral College & Suggested Reforms • Voter-Turnout & The Influence On The 2000 Election

  3. Magnitude of Election 2000 • Partisan Control • Post-Census Redistricting • Appointment of Supreme Court Justices

  4. Crucial Events of Election 2000 • Election Day November 7, 2000 “Too Close to Call” • Florida Recount November 8, 2000 • Florida Hand Recount in four counties on November 9, 2000 • Florida Supreme Court Gives Five Day Window To Complete Hand Recount • Bush Makes appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 22, 2000

  5. Bush v. Gore • 5-4 Ruling to Stop the Recount • Unprecedented Ruling • Justices Scalia, O’Connor, Kennedy, Rehnquist, & Thomas in Majority Opinion

  6. Electoral College • No Direct Popular Vote • Electors Under Article II of the Cnstitution • Framers Concerns, Disagreements, and Balance • “Wrong Winner” • Proportional Representation

  7. Influence of Voter Turnout • 50 Percent Turnout in 2000 Election • Advantages & Disadvantages • Geographic Support • Effects of Third Parties

  8. States Gore Failed to Carry Arizona Arkansas Florida Kentucky Louisiana Missouri Nevada New Hampshire Ohio Tennessee West Virginia

  9. Fec.gov

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