Bush v. Gore Case: Election Dispute and Supreme Court Decision

In December 2000, the Bush v. Gore case unfolded as a legal battle over the contested Florida presidential election results. The Florida Supreme Court's recount orders, US Supreme Court intervention, and eventual termination of the recount process led to George W. Bush being awarded Florida's electoral votes and Al Gore conceding. The case highlighted issues of voting machine errors, recount violations, and the impact on the outcome of the election.

• Bush v. Gore
• Election Dispute
• Supreme Court
• Florida Recount
• Electoral Votes

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1. BUSH V. GORE DELANEY HILLMAN

2. DATES & CASE BACKGROUND Dec. 8th2000 Dec. 12th2000 Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, and concurrent with Vice President Al Gore's contest of the certification of Florida presidential election results, on December 8, 2000 the Florida Supreme Court ordered that the Circuit Court in Leon County tabulate by hand 9000 contested ballots from Miami-Dade County. It also ordered that every county in Florida must immediately begin manually recounting all "under-votes" (ballots which did not indicate a vote for president) because there were enough contested ballots to place the outcome of the election in doubt. Governor George Bush and his running mate, Richard Cheney, filed a request for review in the U.S. Supreme Court and sought an emergency petition for a stay of the Florida Supreme Court's decision. The U.S. Supreme Court granted review and issued the stay on December 9.

3. CASE FACTS December 8th2000 Florida issued a manual recount of over 10,000 ballots There was a problem with the electric voting machine punching ballots wrong The supreme court found that the recount violated the 19thamendment The recounting procedure violated the Equal protection law December 11th2000 was brought to the supreme court Bush v Gore

4. VERDICT With the termination of the recount process, Florida s 25 electoral votes were awarded to Bush. Gore officially conceded on December 13 and stated in a televised address, While I strongly disagree with the Court s decision, I accept it.

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