Looking for info on the 2001 Bush/Gore election.

[Marr]

I could swear that the media recounts that came in around Novemeber of 2001 had suggested Gore was the likely winner in Florida, but I can't seem to find that info in the massive pile of "Bush Gore Florida Recount" internet information. IIRC, it was either in the NYT or the Washington Post.

Anyone remember this, or perhaps even have a link to the info?

[laruemtt]

1. i remember reading

that they had proof that gore had won but after 9/11 they didn't think the country could go through anymore upheaval. :eyes:

edited to add: haven't found a link though.

[Marr]

2. That's exactly what I'm thinking of.

But my Search-Fu seems to be too weak. :(

[americanstranger]

3. Actually, the report was scheduled to drop on 9/11, wasn't it?

If not 9/11, then on another date that was overshadowed by a big event.

Pretty sure it was 9/11.

BTW: This may help you in your search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bush+v.gore+consortium+report&btnG=Google+Search

- as

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Try Newsweek. I think they put out an election edition

that got pulled because of 9-11 after some made it onto the stands.

[Beausoleil]

5. Here's a good place to start

http://www.bushwatch.com/gorebush.htm

[BurtWorm]

6. Here's the key quote from the NY Times article

Misleadingly titled "EXAMINING THE VOTE: THE OVERVIEW; Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote"


By FORD FESSENDEN AND JOHN M. BRODER
Published: November 12, 2001


http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FA071FFA385C0C718DDDA80994D9404482


But the consortium, looking at a broader group of rejected ballots than those covered in the court decisions, 175,010 in all, found that Mr. Gore might have won if the courts had ordered a full statewide recount of all the rejected ballots. This also assumes that county canvassing boards would have reached the same conclusions about the disputed ballots that the consortium's independent observers did. The findings indicate that Mr. Gore might have eked out a victory if he had pursued in court a course like the one he publicly advocated when he called on the state to ''count all the votes.''

In addition, the review found statistical support for the complaints of many voters, particularly elderly Democrats in Palm Beach County, who said in interviews after the election that confusing ballot designs may have led them to spoil their ballots by voting for more than one candidate.

More than 113,000 voters cast ballots for two or more presidential candidates. Of those, 75,000 chose Mr. Gore and a minor candidate; 29,000 chose Mr. Bush and a minor candidate. Because there was no clear indication of what the voters intended, those numbers were not included in the consortium's final tabulations.

Thus the most thorough examination of Florida's uncounted ballots provides ammunition for both sides in what remains the most disputed and mystifying presidential election in modern times. It illuminates in detail the weaknesses of Florida's system that prevented many from voting as they intended to. But it also provides support for the result that county election officials and the courts ultimately arrived at -- a Bush victory by the tiniest of margins.