MetaFilter posts tagged with Florida and Election2000

aaron — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:59:06 -0800

The "Florida Recount Abandoned" story is a hoax. (Scroll down to the bottom three grafs.) See also Kausfiles 10/15 for corroboration.

owillis — Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:44:56 -0800

NYTimes: "How Bush Took Florida: Mining the Overseas Absentee Vote" "Their goal was simple: to count the maximum number of overseas ballots in counties won by Mr. Bush, particularly those with a high concentration of military voters, while seeking to disqualify overseas ballots in counties won by Vice President Al Gore.

A six-month investigation by The New York Times of this chapter in the closest presidential election in American history shows that the Republican effort had a decided impact. Under intense pressure from the Republicans, Florida officials accepted hundreds of overseas absentee ballots that failed to comply with state election laws. "

matteo — Sat, 05 May 2001 08:50:45 -0800

Fla. OKs Election System Overhaul "Florida's governor was eager to change the state's maligned election system after recounts delayed his brother's election for 36 days and left many Democrats believing Al Gore had won".

semmi — Thu, 08 Mar 2001 07:17:00 -0800

News about Florida from England Information from BBC that the US media never picked up.

owillis — Tue, 09 Jan 2001 22:51:20 -0800

Clinton: "They thought the election was over, the Republicans did. By the time it was over, our candidate had won the popular vote, and the only way they could win the election was to stop the voting in Florida". Give 'em hell Bill!

black8 — Tue, 09 Jan 2001 20:49:31 -0800

Winning isn't enough, it seems. GOP targets Florida Supreme Court Justices...

baylink — Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:36:40 -0800

ELECTION: Supremes remand decision to SCOFL. He may have balls, but his *luck* is running low.

y6y6y6 — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:11:00 -0800

Trial By Combat - Since it seems that neither counting the votes nor suing in court is going settle this election. I suggest taking a more direct and final approach. A fight to the death with broadswords.

holgate — Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:01:10 -0800

"The rules of this game were set by the people, underwritten by the people, financed or not." Yet another opportunity for the British Observer to put the US newspapers to shame, with an closely-argued, even-handed reflection on the fun in Florida. "The system, full of inefficiencies and coagulations, may stink, but it is also a system which belongs to the voters who now complain so shrilly about it."

greyscale — Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:39:38 -0800

from the front page of CNN: "....Circuit Judge...has scheduled a....hearing to issue a ruling on whether Florida Secretary of State....used her best discretion in deciding...." And my question for the legal experts here: how can a judge rule on matters of discretion? I thought Marbury vs. Madison dealt with a similar situation and that courts didn't decide political matters.

owillis — Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:54:35 -0800

Neo Nazis holding pro-Bush rally I think even Shrub would find this distasteful...

tiaka — Sat, 11 Nov 2000 23:35:14 -0800

Ok, lastly - Why not hand-recount this?

DragonBoy — Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:10:51 -0800

CNN wants to know shoud voters in disputed parts of Florida be allowed to vote again. Right now the tide is against it.

jamescblack — Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:56:39 -0800

There ARE 2,856 people who WOULD and DID vote for Buchanan once before. (for people who are whining about there not being 3000 people in Palm Beach who would vote for Buchanan)

nicwolff — Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:00:16 -0800

80% of newly found votes in the recount are for Gore. So either the inital vote count was biased for Bush, or the recount - which is being much more closely watched - is biased for Gore. (Or it's just a funny coincidence. Also, monkeys might fly out of my ass.)

tranquileye — Thu, 09 Nov 2000 06:48:07 -0800

Poor user interface elects George W. The second hole on the right does not correspond to the second candidate on the left (Gore), but rather to the first candidate on the right (Buchanan). While many people will notice this, many others, especially those with poor vision, will not. About 20% of Buchanan's votes in FL came from the county that used this ballot.