An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place in the event that the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close.
Election recounts will often result in changes in contest tallies. Errors can be found or introduced from human factors, such as transcription errors, or machine errors, such as misreads of paper ballots. Alternately tallies may change because of a reinterpretation of voter intent.
The Florida election recount of 2000 was a period of vote re-counting that occurred following the unclear results of the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, specifically the Florida results. The Florida vote was ultimately settled in favor of George W. Bush, by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost 6 million cast, when the U.S. Supreme Court, with its final ruling on Bush v. Gore, stopped a recount that had been proposed by the Florida Supreme Court. The outcome resulted in Bush gaining a majority of votes in the Electoral College, winning the overall presidential election.
Background
The controversy began on election night, when the national television networks, using information provided to them by the Voter News Service, an organization formed by the Associated Press to help determine the outcome of the election through early result tallies and exit polling, first called Florida for Gore in the hour after polls closed in the eastern peninsula (which is in the Eastern time zone) but before they had closed in the heavily Republican counties of the western panhandle (which is in the Central time zone). Once the polls had closed in the panhandle, the networks retracted their call for Gore, calling the state for Bush; they then retracted that call as well, finally indicating the state was "too close to call". Gore made a concession phone call to Bush the night of the election, then retracted it after learning just how close the election was. Bush won the election-night vote count in Florida by 1,784 votes. Florida state law provided for an automatic recount due to the small margins. Once it became clear that Florida would decide the winner of the presidential election, the media focused on the Florida recount.
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The networks said Al Gore had won it, then it was too close to call, then George W. Bush had won it - before rowing back once more.
The Florida recount saw American democracy tested to the limits, showing an electoral college v popular vote split, leaving the parties and the country divided for years to come.
We speak to George W. Bush’s trial lawyer, Barry Richard, along with The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Protect Democracy’s Jon Steinham.
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It was 249 v 246 on election night and it all came down to one state: Florida.
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The networks said Al Gore had ...
It was 249 v 246 on election night and it all came down to one state: Florida.
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The networks said Al Gore had won it, then it was too close to call, then George W. Bush had won it - before rowing back once more.
The Florida recount saw American democracy tested to the limits, showing an electoral college v popular vote split, leaving the parties and the country divided for years to come.
We speak to George W. Bush’s trial lawyer, Barry Richard, along with The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Protect Democracy’s Jon Steinham.
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It was 249 v 246 on election night and it all came down to one state: Florida.
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The networks said Al Gore had won it, then it was too close to call, then George W. Bush had won it - before rowing back once more.
The Florida recount saw American democracy tested to the limits, showing an electoral college v popular vote split, leaving the parties and the country divided for years to come.
We speak to George W. Bush’s trial lawyer, Barry Richard, along with The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Protect Democracy’s Jon Steinham.
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Ralph Nader comments on the 2000 Presidential Election, the Florida recount and the Electoral College. Excerpted from BookTV's In Depth. See the complete prog...
Ralph Nader comments on the 2000 Presidential Election, the Florida recount and the Electoral College. Excerpted from BookTV's In Depth. See the complete program here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294832-1
Ralph Nader comments on the 2000 Presidential Election, the Florida recount and the Electoral College. Excerpted from BookTV's In Depth. See the complete program here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294832-1
Twenty years ago, Florida became ground zero for one of the most contentious and drawn out presidential elections in American history. News4JAX political analys...
Twenty years ago, Florida became ground zero for one of the most contentious and drawn out presidential elections in American history. News4JAX political analyst Rick Mullaney was there, in the middle of history happening, and explains why it won't happen like that again this year.
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As Jeb Bush tries to reboot his struggling campaign. CNN is focusing on his role in one of the most controversial election showdowns in American history. CNN's ...
As Jeb Bush tries to reboot his struggling campaign. CNN is focusing on his role in one of the most controversial election showdowns in American history. CNN's Gloria Borger reports.
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Learn how Florida ended up determining whether Al Gore or George W. Bush would win the U.S. presidency in 2000. See how a vote recount in the state led to the U...
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The Florida recount saw American democracy tested to the limits, showing an electoral college v popular vote split, leaving the parties and the country divided for years to come.
We speak to George W. Bush’s trial lawyer, Barry Richard, along with The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Protect Democracy’s Jon Steinham.
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Twenty years ago, Florida became ground zero for one of the most contentious and drawn out presidential elections in American history. News4JAX political analyst Rick Mullaney was there, in the middle of history happening, and explains why it won't happen like that again this year.
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An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often take place in the event that the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close.
Election recounts will often result in changes in contest tallies. Errors can be found or introduced from human factors, such as transcription errors, or machine errors, such as misreads of paper ballots. Alternately tallies may change because of a reinterpretation of voter intent.