All the news analysis? You must have very narrow sources of news. BTW, there is no place for electoral college or even district-wise counting in a modern democracy. When it comes to Presidential elections, it should be one man, one vote, all weighted equally.
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Gore Won Florida!
On November 27, Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris officially certified George W. Bush as the "winner" in Florida by 537 votes.
Since that date, independent investigations by the media have revealed that many illegal votes were counted - while many legal votes were not.
If the votes in Florida had been counted by non-partisan election officials in compliance with the law, Gore would have won Florida.
Unfortunately, George W. Bush, his brother Governor Jeb Bush, Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a partisan Republican majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Republican-owned media did everything in their power to prevent a fair and legal count of the votes.
In other words, these Republicans used their enormous power to steal the Presidency of the United States. Indeed, the untold story of Floridagate is as chilling as Watergate.
This is a crime against American democracy. Democrats.com demands a thorough investigation and the prosecution of all criminal actions.
And because he is ultimately responsible for the Theft of the Presidency, we call upon George W. Bush to resign.
Note: To read all of the coverage on Democrats.com of Election 2000 and related stories, click the following links:
Theft of the Presidency (major revelations)
Stolen Election
Katherine Harris
Jeb Bush
Felon Purge
Election Reform
1. Media Consortium Statewide Count of "Undervotes" and "Overvotes" Proves Gore Won Under ANY Standard
The Media Consortium hired the National Opinion Research Center to examine 175,010 ballots that were never counted in Florida. The investigation took 8 months and cost $900,000. No matter what standard for judging ballots is applied, Gore wins.
Gore Gain Gore Deficit
or Lead
Certified by Katherine Harris
-537
Valid votes found after certification +59
-478
Correctly marked paper ballots +493
+15
Full punches
+100
+115
Poorly marked paper ballot +309
+424
3-corner chads -208
+216
2-corner chads
-111
+105
1-corner chads -45
+60
Dimples with sunlight +88
+148
Dimples
-41
+107
Unfortunately, the members of the Media Consortium insisted on distorting the analysis of their own clear data (see "Spin Control" below).
2. Miami Herald Statewide Count of "Undervotes" and "Overvotes" Proves Gore Won by 662
Without counting a single hanging or dimpled chad, Gore won by 662, according to the Miami Herald. The votes below were crystal clear votes as determined by the Herald's accounting firm, BDO Seidman. Under Florida law, all of these ballots should have been counted by election officials on Election Day. Their failure to do so is Official Misconduct, not "Voter Error"!
Gore Gain Gore Deficit
or Lead
Certified by Katherine Harris
-537
Clear "Undervotes" (optical scan) +319
-218
Clear "Undervotes" (punch card) +198
-20
Clear "Overvotes"
+682
+662
Unfortunately, the Herald insists on distorting the analysis of its own clear data (see "Spin Control" below).
3. Other Media Counts Lead to the Same Conclusion
You can see the same data in greater detail here:
The Miami Herald
Unknown News
Date Event Gore Gain Gore Deficit
or Lead
11/27/00 Certified by Katherine Harris -537
12/8/00 Florida Supreme Court ruling +383 -154
12/18/00 Lake County (Orlando Sentinel) +130 - 24
12/19/00 Broward (Palm Beach Post) +164 +140
12/29/00 Hernando (Hernando Today) +4 +144
12/30/00 Hillsborough (Tampa Tribune) +120 +264
1/3/01 Gadsden (Democrats.com) +40 +304
1/14/01 Miami-Dade #1 (Palm Beach Post) - minus prior recount included in 12/8
-6
+11
-209 +100
1/20/01 Collier (Naples News) -226 -126
1/27/01 Palm Beach #1 (Palm Beach Post) +682 +556
1/28/01 15 County (Orlando Sentinel) -minus prior recounts in Lake and Gadsden +366
-170 +752
2/10/01 Orange (Orlando Sentinel) +203 +955
2/15/01 Seminole (Orlando Sentinel) +13 +968
2/26/01 Miami-Dade #2 (Miami Herald)
also: how the media twisted this recount into a "Gore lost" story +49 +1,017
3/8/01 Osceola (Orlando Sentinel) +25 +1,042
3/10/01 Palm Beach #2 (Palm Beach Post) +102 +1,144
3/10/01 Martin, St. Lucie (Palm Beach Post) +92 +1,236
Total Gore Gain from Recounts +1,773
4. Overvote Analysis - Gore's True Margin of Victory
If every county in Florida - not just the Republican ones - had state-of-the-art voting machines that allowed voters to correct their mistakes, Al Gore would have won by 46,466.
Date Event Gore Gain Gore Deficit
or Lead
1/28/01 Analysis of overvotes in 8 counties by the Washington Post +28,510
+28,510
1/28/01 Analysis of overvotes in 15 counties by the Orlando Sun-Sentinel +944
+29,454
2/8/01 Gore-Libertarian overvotes in 16 counties by Orlando Sun-Sentinel +797
+30,257
3/10/01 Analysis of overvotes in Palm Beach County by the Palm Beach Post (overlaps Washington Post analysis above) +6,607
5/11/01 Analysis of overvotes statewide by the Miami Herald (overlaps with all of the above) +46,466
5. Disputed Votes
There are several categories of votes that have been widely disputed. Unlike the votes above, these disputed votes could not have been resolved by county canvassing boards, either on election night or during the subsequent recounts.
It is impossible to quantify most of these categories, but we can try to give our best estimates.
Categories favoring Gore
Absentee ballots cast statewide by Republican voters following the illegal solicitation of absentee ballots by the Florida Republican Party: 50,000?
Absentee ballots that could not be read by voting machines, but were illegally "duplicated" by county election officials: 10,000 (60% Bush?)
Legal voters who were disenfranchised by Katherine Harris through the criminally inaccurate purge of "felons": 1,100 (90% Gore)
Absentee ballots cast in Seminole and Martin counties by Republican voters following the criminal alteration of defective ballot applications by Republican operatives: 5,000 (99% Bush)
Votes meant for Gore but cast for Buchanan because of the "butterfly ballot" in Palm Beach: 3,000 (100% Gore)
Voters who went to the polls but were unable to cast a vote because of language problems (and no translators) or physical disability: (70% Gore)
Registrations submitted from black colleges but not processed: (90% Gore)
Overseas military ballots that were not legal, but were counted because of massive pressure from the Bush campaign: 680 (71% Bush)
Police checkpoints near black precincts: 0
Categories favoring Bush
Illegal votes by felons: 5,600 (90% Gore?)
Premature network projections for Gore 10 minutes before polls closed in the Panhandle: 10 (60% Bush?)
6. Racial Discrimination
Florida voters were not treated equally. If you were black, your vote was significantly less likely to be counted. This was not because blacks were less experienced voters - this was due to institutional racism.
Whose Votes Don't Count?: An Analysis of Spoiled Ballots in the 2000 Florida Election
Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
NAACP et al v. Katherine Harris et al
Votes of Poor Are Discarded 3 Times More than Votes of Rich Across the US
7. The Untold Story
A wide range of suspicious activities were reported by eyewitnesses and the news media. Many of these activities have still not been investigated.
Questions the U.S. News Media Refuses to Ask about the Stolen Florida Election
Oral Majority: The Evidence Room
The Florida Overvote: Tragic Mistake, or Katharine Harris with Tweezers?
"Lost" Votes and a Stolen Election
Bush Never Won Florida
13 Myths About The Results Of The 2000 Election
The Florida Disaster: Before, During, and After
Scary Facts about the Florida Vote
Al Gore's Margin of VICTORY in Florida
How Did This Happen?
Election 2000 FAQ
The Five Worst Republican Outrages
Democracy Subverted - November 2000 Election Irregularities
8. Spin Control - Media Distortion of the Stolen Election
Each new revelation about the Stolen Election has been accompanied by articles that were deliberately distorted by editors and reporters to deny the reality that Gore Won Florida.
Miami Herald Distorts Florida Recount Analysis to Hide the Terrifying Truth: Its Own Data PROVE Al Gore Won Florida
Media Lies Once Again to Declare Bush the Winner
The Bush Propaganda Machine Strikes Again in Florida
Now its Unofficial: Gore Did Win Florida
Gore Moves Ahead in Florida Recount
9. Republicans Would Never Accept a Gore Victory
NY Times Exposes GOP Absentee Ballot Fraud That Stole 292 Votes for Bush
Bush Set to Fight An Electoral College Loss
A President by Judicial Fiat
10. The Republican Criminals Who Shut Down the Miami-Dade Recount
These are some of the thugs who staged a riot at the Miami canvassing board and shut down the recount. Most of these thugs are present or past employees of Congressional Republicans. The riot was led by Rep. John Sweeney of upstate NY. All of these thugs - and their Congressional bosses, led by Tom DeLay - should be prosecuted for criminally interfering with a federal election.
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