Election of 2000: A Election of 2000: A Travesty of JusticeTravesty of Justice

Election results Election results November 2000 November 2000

PRESIDENTPRESIDENT EVEV States WonStates Won VoteVote %Votes%Votes BUSHBUSH  WW 271 30 271 30 50,456,169 48% 50,456,169 48%

GORE GORE 266 21 50,996,116 266 21 50,996,116 48% 48%

Florida Factors that Florida Factors that affected the outcome of affected the outcome of 20002000 Confusing ballot in West Palm Confusing ballot in West Palm

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Florida Factors that Florida Factors that affected the outcome of affected the outcome of 20002000 Third Party Third Party GreenGreen candidate candidate

Ralph Nader drained some votes Ralph Nader drained some votes from Gore from Gore

Bush had friends in Bush had friends in high places in Floridahigh places in Florida

Brother Brother Jeb BushJeb Bush was governor of was governor of Florida Florida

Katherine HarrisKatherine Harris was Secretary of was Secretary of State State

Suppression of the Black Suppression of the Black vote through vote through intimidation and…..intimidation and….. Why? Because African-Americans Why? Because African-Americans

traditionally vote Democratictraditionally vote Democratic

Outright “scrubbing” Outright “scrubbing” black voters out. black voters out. How? How? If they had a name that sounded If they had a name that sounded

similar to a convicted felon, they similar to a convicted felon, they were scrubbed…..were scrubbed…..

If black soldiers failed to respond If black soldiers failed to respond to a mailing, they were to a mailing, they were scrubbed….scrubbed….

Election hijinksElection hijinks

Database Technologies had scrubbed 57,700 legal voters off the Florida rolls, most of whom would have probably voted for Gore.

At least 8,000 of those disenfranchised voters came from a list of Texas felons provided by ChoicePoint Inc. – except that those people had actually only committed misdemeanors and not felonies.

Hanging Chads and Hanging Chads and endless recountsendless recounts

Finally, only Finally, only 527 votes527 votes separates Gore from separates Gore from Bush but then…..Bush but then…..

Karma?Karma?