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Causes And Effects Of The 2000 Awful Election

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“Now listen people, this is a street fight for the presidency of the United States” (James Baker). The 2000 election between Al Gore and George Bush was not only an intense one, but an illegitimate one. Numerous key factors affected this unlawful election’s outcome. Many laws were broken and many deceitful acts were committed, on some level, by both sides. Around 15,000 votes were taken from Gore throughout the course of this election. First off, a hand recount should be issued if a candidate is down by 30,000 votes, it’s the law. George Bush was up by 327 votes in Florida, and a hand recount was issued by the Florida Supreme Court. However, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped it. This allowed Bush to gain a majority of votes in the Electoral College,
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