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Florida officials hope machines will cut errors
The Orlando SentinelIt wasn't dangling, dimpled or pregnant chads that cost Al Gore the presidency. It was thousands of discarded overvotes in which voters marked more than one candidate. Gore's ballot position was marked on 73,147 invalid overvoted ballots -- nearly...Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Referenda, Al Gore, Florida Legislature
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Some had 1 from 'column A,' 1 from 'column B'
Sentinel Staff WriterEveryone thought Monica was Bill Clinton's problem. But she might have cost Al Gore the presidency instead. Monica Moorehead -- an obscure socialist running as the Workers World Party candidate -- nullified precious votes for Gore because of a...Tags: Politics, Polls, Referenda, Government, Al Gore
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Touch-screen voting takes hit
Sentinel Staff WriterThose touch-screen voting machines with computer brains have been held up as the gold standard of voting reliability -- especially when compared with the antique punch-card systems that introduced "hanging chad" to a stunned nation. But a new study by...Tags: Politics, Referenda, Florida, Regional Authority, Government
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Voting-machine glitches hurt Gore in Seminole County
Sentinel Staff WriterEven in the Republican bastion of Seminole County, a hand recount of all presidential ballots may have helped Al Gore instead of George W. Bush, a ballot review indicates. County election officials have identified 83 ballots with clear presidential votes...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Referenda, Florida, Election Day
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Difficult trip to polls means disabled often do not vote
Sentinel Staff WriterVoting is a sacred right; it can also be a humiliation. Try it if you're blind or in a wheelchair. You can't punch a chad you don't see. Or read a ballot that reaches your chin when you roll up in a chair. You could be like Gayle Krause -- too...Tags: Politics, Referenda, Polls, Dania Beach, Florida
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Region with highest number of spoiled ballots left unexamined
Chicago TribuneWhen Portia Scott walked into the voting booth at Peace Presbyterian Church a year ago, she studied the first page of the presidential ballot, turned the page and instantly became confused. The ballot in Scott's hand looked nothing like the sample she...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Referenda, Al Gore, Republican Party
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Study designed to be most thorough of media ballot reviews
Chicago TribuneThe Tribune Company and other media organizations hired the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to review and categorize discarded ballots from the 2000 election in Florida. The study was designed to be the most thorough of...Tags: Politics, Referenda, Opinion Research Corporation, Florida, Chicago Tribune
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Ballots, rules, voter error led to 2000 election muddle, review shows
Tribune staff reportersThe most comprehensive study of the troubled presidential election in Florida shows the main culprits were simple and fixable: ballot design, inconsistent election rules and voter error. The yearlong review of the Florida election reveals that even if...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Opinion Research Corporation, U.S. Elections, Referenda
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Gore's lawyers pursue 'last chance' in Florida
Sun ReporterVice President Al Gore filed a brief with the Florida Supreme Court yesterday, asking it to overturn a judicial ruling that threw out his election challenge and to order an immediate manual recount of contested ballots that he believes will bring him...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Referenda, U.S. Elections, Martin County
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U.S. justices face crucial day
Sun ReporterWith the presidency at stake, the Supreme Court will assemble today to seek a constitutional formula for ending the conflict over the last unsettled electoral votes - Florida's decisive 25. The nine justices, returning to their courtroom for the second...Tags: George W. Bush, History, Politics, Referenda, U.S. Elections
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Both sides claim edge in court
Sun ReporterDisplaying statistical charts and voting machines brimming with chads, two expert witnesses for Vice President Al Gore testified yesterday about the likelihood that a machine count of Election Day ballots overlooked votes for president. The testimony...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Referenda, Prosecution, Al Gore
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Supreme Court, in 5-4 vote, halts recount, stinging Gore
Sun ReporterThe U.S. Supreme Court, its deep division on full public display, stopped the vote counting in Florida yesterday and set the stage for a ruling that could make George W. Bush the next president. By a vote of 5-4, the court blocked a 22-hour-old ruling by...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Referenda, Constitutional Issues, Florida
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Dec 7, 2000
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