MetaFilter posts tagged with USPresident and florida

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.

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."

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.

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.