Final Adjusted Total, including first media recounts for all Florida counties:
Bush: 2,915,426
Gore: 2,915,928
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Election 2000: Our final tally
May 11, 2001 —
This page has been updated, report by report and county by county, as ballots from Florida were tallied by media sources. With inclusion of the Miami Herald's May 11 statewide recount, all the Florida ballots which didn't register on the machinery on election night have now been looked at by human eyes.
Which means, our work here is done. I have a math headache like you would not believe, and I'm almost as happy to be finished adding these numbers as I am saddened by the results.
Readers are invited to read the numbers, and draw their own conclusions. Just scroll down or click here.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT OUR ELECTION COVERAGE
Before sending us your complaints, corrections, and crap, please read through this list of questions we've already been asked — in some cases, over and over again.
Addendum, and final comments:
On November 13, 2001, the Washington Post, New York Times, and a bunch of other papers released their final count of the ballots, concluding that Gore won Florida by almost any standard except the wacky one Gore's own lawyers had argued for.
You'll forgive me, please, if I don't present a detailed article of my own, analyzing the count and the media's somewhat skewed presentation thereof. I'm weary of the whole subject, and there's no doubt left about what happened, at least not for anyone who approaches the situation honestly. For anyone wondering what my response is to the latest and hopefully last of the recounts, here's a good article, which I didn't write but do pretty much agree with. I'll let that article and these next few paragraphs stand as my last word on the subject:
If you believe U.S. government should operate within the bounds of its Constitution, then clearly, what happened was a coup. By the people's vote, Al Gore won Florida, and thus had enough electoral votes to be elected president in 2000.
But of course, the election wasn't decided by the voters, or by the Constitution; it was decided by the Supreme Court. Their job is to interpret the Constitution; instead, they shreded it.
And yet, it seems oddly apropos that the Constitution was disregarded, since there's so very little remaining in any branch of American government that operates under the Constitution. Hey, why should the presidency be any different?
Day after day, watching George Bush's odd performance, my opinion is that he continually proves himself a shitty and corrupt president. I believe that Al Gore, on the other hand, would have been a shitty and corrupt president in completely different ways.
The ongoing failures and embarrassments of American foreign and domestic policies, the quiet day-to-day atrocities which accompany America's slide away from every principle this nation ever stood for, and the shadowy figures in the background who actually control American secret government, all deserve far, far more attention than the question of which interchangeable white guy in a dark suit gets to pretend to be president.
Helen Highwater
Unknown News
http://www.UnknownNews.net/
newsuneed@yahoo.com
WHAT WE'VE DONE,
AND WHY & HOW WE'VE DONE IT
From the beginning, we haven't been rooting for anyone. We didn't like George W. Bush, and we didn't like Al Gore, but what we really didn't like was the method by which a winner was determined, without knowing who won.
We prefer elections be decided the old-fashioned way — by counting the ballots to determine a winner.
An official count was deemed unnecessary, however, by the U.S. Supreme Court, so this page was established to keep track of unofficial counts by various media outlets.
We are emphatically not interested in anything but votes, legally cast and clearly discernable. From the beginning, our updates have not been based on estimates of how many Jewish voters accidentally marked their ballots for Pat Buchanan, or how many African-American voters were roadblocked or purged by design or by mistake, and so forth. These are serious problems which should be considered, addressed, and resolved before the next election, but such matters are far beyond the scope of this do-it-yourself web page.
All we've done is add up the numbers, as media sources have announced their results from Florida, county-by-county.
We have not included ballots with dimpled or dangling chads, or anything else which seems subject to such subjective judgment. We have not included numbers which have been 'adjusted' to 'correct' for ballots being misalligned in the voting machine, or for holes punched one chad below the correct spot for a given candidate, or anything else which requires a slice of pie in the sky ala mode.
We have included ballots which failed to be read by automated processes, but which, upon examination, leave no reasonable doubt about the voter's intent. This includes ballots where the voter used a pen instead of a pencil, voted for a candidate and then "wrote-in" the same candidate's name, or made an unambiguous 'X' or check mark beside a candidate's name instead of blackening the corresponding oval, etc.
Our position is that all ballots which were legally cast, and which clearly indicate a voter's intent, should be counted.
We believe that's the standard by statute in Florida, and the standard by common sense and fairness anywhere the people's vote allegedly controls a government.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT OUR ELECTION COVERAGE
Before sending us your complaints,
corrections, and crap, please read
through this list of questions we've
already been asked — in some cases,
over and over again.
FLORIDA ELECTION RETURNS
RED indicates official "certified" results.
GREEN indicates unofficial recounts included in our totals.
BLUE indicates link to source material.
PURPLE indicates our final unofficial count.
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Alachua County [17] [18]
Bush 34,124 --- Gore 47,365
Bush 11 --- Gore 21
Bush 3 --- Gore 3
Bush 34,138 --- Gore 47,389
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Baker County [17] [18]
Bush 5,610 --- Gore 2,392
Bush 24 --- Gore 21
Bush 2 --- Gore 1
Bush 5,636 --- Gore 2,414
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Bay County [17] [18]
Bush 38,637 --- Gore 18,850
Bush 36 --- Gore 36
Bush 23 --- Gore 24
Bush 38,696--- Gore 18,910
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Bradford County [10] [17]
Bush 5,414 --- Gore 3,075
Bush 37 --- Gore 41
Bush 5,451 --- Gore 3,116
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Brevard County [17] [18]
Bush 115,185 --- Gore 97,318
Bush 9 --- Gore 23
Bush 11 --- Gore 12
Bush 115,205 --- Gore 97,353
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Broward County [1]
Bush 177,902 --- Gore 387,703
(not applicable)
Bush 177,902 --- Gore 387,703
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Calhoun County [17] [18]
Bush 2,873 --- Gore 2,155
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 2,873 --- Gore 2,155
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Charlotte County [10] [17]
Bush 35,426 --- Gore 29,645
Bush 173 --- Gore 228
Bush 35,599 --- Gore 29,873
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Citrus County [17] [18]
Bush 29,767 --- Gore 25,525
Bush 28 --- Gore 32
Bush 2 --- Gore 2
Bush 29,797 --- Gore 25,559
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Clay County [17] [18]
Bush 41,736 --- Gore 14,632
Bush 74 --- Gore 37
Bush 8 --- Gore 7
Bush 41,818 --- Gore 14,676
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Collier County [8] [16] [17] [18]
Bush 60,450 --- Gore 29,921
Bush 8 --- Gore 0
Bush 4 --- Gore 1
Bush 60,462 --- Gore 29,922
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Columbia County [17] [18]
Bush 10,964 --- Gore 7,047
Bush 8 --- Gore 8
Bush 8 --- Gore 14
Bush 10,980 --- Gore 7,069
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Desoto County [17] [18]
Bush 4,256 --- Gore 3,320
Bush 2 --- Gore 10
Bush 15 --- Gore 12
Bush 4,273 --- Gore 3,342
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Dixie County [17] [18]
Bush 2,697 --- Gore 1,826
Bush 3 --- Gore 4
Bush 0 --- Gore 3
Bush 2,700 --- Gore 1,833
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Duval County [17] [18]
Bush 152,098 --- Gore 107,864
Bush 87 --- Gore 50
Bush 2 --- Gore 9
Bush 152,187 --- Gore 107,923
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Escambia County [18]
Bush 73,017 --- Gore 40,943
Bush 152 --- Gore 334
Bush 73,169 --- Gore 41,277
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Flagler County [17] [18]
Bush 12,613 --- Gore 13,897
Bush 16 --- Gore 22
Bush 0 --- Gore 1
Bush 12,629 --- Gore 13,920
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Franklin County [10] [17]
Bush 2,454 --- Gore 2,046
Bush 17 --- Gore 18
Bush 2,471 --- Gore 2,064
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Gasden County [10] [17]
Bush 4,767 --- Gore 9,735
Bush 15 --- Gore 50
Bush 4,782 --- Gore 9,785
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Gilchrist County [17] [18]
Bush 3,300 --- Gore 1,910
Bush 0 --- Gore 1
Bush 5 --- Gore 5
Bush 3,305 --- Gore 1,916
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Glades County [17] [18]
Bush 1,841 --- Gore 1,442
Bush 1 --- Gore 3
Bush 2 --- Gore 2
Bush 1,844 --- Gore 1,447
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Gulf County [10] [17]
Bush 3,550 --- Gore 2,397
Bush 8 --- Gore 23
Bush 3,558 --- Gore 2,420
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Hamilton County [10]
Bush 2,146 --- Gore 1,722
Bush 1 --- Gore 6
Bush 2,147 --- Gore 1,728
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Hardee County [17] [18]
Bush 3,765 --- Gore 2,339
Bush 1 --- Gore 0
Bush 2 --- Gore 1
Bush 3,768 --- Gore 2,340
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Hendry County [10] [17]
Bush 4,747 --- Gore 3,240
Bush 18 --- Gore 21
Bush 4,765 --- Gore 3,261
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Hernando County [5] [17]
Bush 30,646 --- Gore 32,644
Bush 1 --- Gore 5
Bush 30,647 --- Gore 32,649
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Highlands County [17] [18]
Bush 20,206 --- Gore 14,167
Bush 4 --- Gore 0
Bush 1 --- Gore 1
Bush 20,211 --- Gore 14,168
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Hillsborough County [6] [16] [17] [18]
Bush 180,760 --- Gore 169,557
Bush 45 --- Gore 42
Bush 3 --- Gore 7
Bush 180,808 --- Gore 169,606
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Holmes County [17] [18]
Bush 5,011 --- Gore 2,177
Bush 7 --- Gore 9
Bush 1 --- Gore 2
Bush 5,019 --- Gore 2,188
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Indian River County [16] [17] [18]
Bush 28,635 --- Gore 19,768
Bush 3 --- Gore 2
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 28,638 --- Gore 19,770
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Jackson County [10] [17]
Bush 9,138 --- Gore 6,868
Bush 16 --- Gore 32
Bush 9,154 --- Gore 6,900
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Jefferson County [17] [18]
Bush 2,478 --- Gore 3,041
Bush 0 --- Gore 1
Bush 1 --- Gore 4
Bush 2,479 --- Gore 3,046
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Lafayette County [10]
Bush 1,670 --- Gore 789
Bush 0 --- Gore 1
Bush 1,670 --- Gore 790
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Lake County [4] [10] [17]
Bush 50,010 --- Gore 36,571
Bush 336 --- Gore 495
Bush 50,346 --- Gore 37,066
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Lee County [17] [18]
Bush 106,141 --- Gore 73,560
Bush 1 --- Gore 1
Bush 5 --- Gore 2
Bush 106,147 --- Gore 73,563
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Leon County [2] [17] [18]
Bush 39,062 --- Gore 61,427
Bush 3 --- Gore 2
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 39,065 --- Gore 61,429
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Levy County [10] [17]
Bush 6,858 --- Gore 5,398
Bush 10 --- Gore 14
Bush 6,868 --- Gore 5,412
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Liberty County [10] [17]
Bush 1,317 --- Gore 1,017
Bush 0 --- Gore 3
Bush 1,317 --- Gore 1,020
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Madison County [18]
Bush 3,038 --- Gore 3,014
Bush 4 --- Gore 3
Bush 3,042 --- Gore 3,017
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Manatee County [18]
Bush 57,952 --- Gore 49,177
Bush 164 --- Gore 221
Bush 58,116 --- Gore 49,398
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Marion County [17] [18]
Bush 55,141 --- Gore 44,665
Bush 3 --- Gore 2
Bush 0 --- Gore 1
Bush 55,144 --- Gore 44,668
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Martin County [17] [18]
Bush 33,970 --- Gore 26,620
Bush 23 --- Gore 17
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 33,993 --- Gore 26,637
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Miami-Dade County [7] [13] [16] [17] [18]
Bush 289,533 --- Gore 328,808
Bush 47 --- Gore 58
Bush 4 --- Gore 16
Bush 289,584 --- Gore 328,882
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Monroe County [17] [18]
Bush 16,059 --- Gore 16,483
Bush 4 --- Gore 6
Bush 2 --- Gore 2
Bush 16,065 --- Gore 16,491
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Nassau County [17] [18]
Bush 16,404 --- Gore 6,952
Bush 4 --- Gore 1
Bush 7 --- Gore 4
Bush 16,415 --- Gore 6,957
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Okaloosa County [17] [18]
Bush 52,093 --- Gore 16,948
Bush 6 --- Gore 5
Bush 61 --- Gore 45
Bush 52,160 --- Gore 16,998
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Okeechobee County [10] [17]
Bush 5,057 --- Gore 4,588
Bush 30 --- Gore 63
Bush 5,087 --- Gore 4,651
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Orange County [11] [17]
Bush 134,517 --- Gore 140,220
Bush 298 --- Gore 501
Bush 134,815 --- Gore 140,721
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Osceola County [14] [17] [18]
Bush 26,212 --- Gore 28,181
Bush 1 --- Gore 1
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 26,213 --- Gore 28,182
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Palm Beach County [3] [9] [15] [18]
Bush 152,951 --- Gore 269,732
Bush 327 --- Gore 503
Bush 0 --- Gore 12
Bush 153,278 --- Gore 270,247
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Pasco County [17] [18]
Bush 68,582 --- Gore 69,564
Bush 8 --- Gore 5
Bush 1 --- Gore 5
Bush 68,591 --- Gore 69,574
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Pinellas County [16] [17] [18]
Bush 184,825 --- Gore 200,630
Bush 2 --- Gore 3
Bush 7 --- Gore 6
Bush 184,834 --- Gore 200,639
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Polk County [17] [18]
Bush 90,295 --- Gore 75,200
Bush 10 --- Gore 15
Bush 6 --- Gore 25
Bush 90,311 --- Gore 75,240
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Putnam County [17] [18]
Bush 13,447 --- Gore 12,102
Bush 14 --- Gore 19
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 13,461 --- Gore 12,121
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St. Johns County [17] [18]
Bush 39,546 --- Gore 19,502
Bush 27 --- Gore 33
Bush 6 --- Gore 5
Bush 39,579 --- Gore 19,540
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St. Lucie County [9] [15] [17] [18]
Bush 34,705 --- Gore 41,559
Bush 119 --- Gore 192
Bush 3 --- Gore 3
Bush 34,827 --- Gore 41,754
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Santa Rosa County [17] [18]
Bush 36,274 --- Gore 12,802
Bush 19 --- Gore 8
Bush 8 --- Gore 3
Bush 36,301 --- Gore 12,813
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Sarasota County [16] [17] [18]
Bush 83,100 --- Gore 72,853
Bush 2 --- Gore 0
Bush 1 --- Gore 3
Bush 83,103 --- Gore 72,856
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Seminole County [12] [17]
Bush 75,677 --- Gore 59,174
Bush 35 --- Gore 48
Bush 75,712 --- Gore 59,222
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Sumter County [17] [18]
Bush 12,127 --- Gore 9,637
Bush 0 --- Gore 0
Bush 1 --- Gore 2
Bush 12,128 --- Gore 9,639
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Suwanee County [10] [17]
Bush 8,006 --- Gore 4,075
Bush 20 --- Gore 38
Bush 8,026 --- Gore 4,113
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Taylor County [10] [17]
Bush 4,056 --- Gore 2,649
Bush 24 --- Gore 38
Bush 4,080 --- Gore 2,687
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Union County [1] [17]
Bush 2,332 --- Gore 1,407
(not applicable)
Bush 2,332 --- Gore 1,407
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Volusia County [1]
Bush 82,357 --- Gore 97,304
(not applicable)
Bush 82,357 --- Gore 97,304
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Wakulla County [17] [18]
Bush 4,512 --- Gore 3,838
Bush 2 --- Gore 0
Bush 15 --- Gore 7
Bush 4,529 --- Gore 3,845
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Walton County [17] [18]
Bush 12,182 --- Gore 5,642
Bush 8 --- Gore 2
Bush 1 --- Gore 6
Bush 12,191 --- Gore 5,650
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Washington County [17] [18]
Bush 4,994 --- Gore 2,798
Bush 54 --- Gore 34
Bush 5 --- Gore 5
Bush 5,053 --- Gore 2,837
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Sub Totals
Bush 2,911,215 --- Gore 2,911,417
Federal Absentee Ballots
Bush 1,575 --- Gore 836
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Florida Totals
Bush 2,912,790 --- Gore 2,912,253
Bush 2,636 --- Gore 3,675
Final Adjusted Total,
including first media recounts
for all Florida counties:
Bush 2,915,426 --- Gore 2,915,928
For the count we've been keeping since Election Day, these are now the final numbers for a state-wide cumulative media recount.
Click here to see results of other state-wide media recounts.
[1] Officially-conducted manual recount is included in certified totals.
[2] We have included a count of Leon County's undervote, conducted by election officials but not included in certified results.
[3] We have included Palm Beach County's official hand recount of undervotes, which was ordered by the Florida Supreme Court but rejected by the Secretary of State's office, ostensibly for being completed and received a few hours past the arbitrary deadline.
[4] Orlando Sentinel, 12/19/2000. We originally accepted this count from Lake County (Bush 246, Gore 376). The accompanying article, however, specified that only overvoted ballots had been included in this count, so when the same newspaper's later count came out, which included both overvote and undervote, this earlier count was discarded.
[5] Miami Herald, 12/20/2000.
[6] Tampa Tribune, 12/31/2000 Quoting from the Tribune's article: "In the Hillsborough recount, journalists examined each of the 5,533 undervote ballots by hand, checking for dimples, pinpricks, hanging chad and clear punches on the data-processing cards punched by voters to register their choices for elective office." We will await the first media recount which doesn't include such ballots. Bush would have gained 879 additional votes, and Gore would have gained 999, had this questionable count been included.
[7] Palm Beach Post, 1/14/2001. Quoting from the Post's article: "If everything were counted -- from the faintest dimple to chad barely hanging on ballots -- 251 additional votes would have gone to Bush and 245 more would have gone to Gore, The Post review showed." We're not interested in dimpled and dangling chad, so these ballots are not included in our totals. "The Post also found some voters used pens or pencils to shade or circle their choice for president. The outcome in such cases was a tie: 23 votes each for Bush and Gore. Also among the ballots were 24 cleanly punched votes for Bush and 35 for Gore that had not been counted by the machines." We've included only these two categories in our totals.
[8] Naples Daily News, 1/20/2001. Quoting from the article: "Assuming that all dimples, pin pricks, chad and other obvious ballot markings would have counted -- a subjective standard -- Bush gained another 770 votes in Collier County. Gore would have gained an additional 544 votes." Unfortunately, the article did not break down the votes in a more detailed manner, and we're not including dimpled or dangling chad, so the Daily News' count is not included in our totals.
[9] Palm Beach Post, 1/27/2001. The Post's count includes questionable ballots with "hanging chad, pinholes, dings, and dimples," and insufficient information to separate these subjective ballots from more objective ballots. More specifically, local election officials had already conducted a hand-count, and specifically rejected these ballots. Quoting the newspaper's article, "... the 4,513 undervotes reviewed this month by The Post are the [ballots] where the [canvassing] board decided no vote had been cast but Democratic or GOP observers disagreed." We're not here to overrule the people whose job is counting ballots. Bush would have gained 1,818 additional votes, and Gore would have gained 2,500, had these questionable categories been included.
[10] Orlando Sentinel, 1/28/2001. In the Sentinel's count of 15 counties, ballots were sorted into four categories. Our total includes two of these categories: "Undervotes and overvotes that were clearly for a single candidate," and "Mismarked ballots that still showed whom voters wanted." We have not included the other two categories of ballots: "Multiple errors on rejected ballots with 'Bush' or 'Gore' written in," and "Possible votes lost to confusion over a 2-column ballot design." Based on our understanding of Florida law, we believe the first two categories would've counted as legal ballots had they been hand-counted by elections officials, while the latter two categories would not.
[11] Orlando Sentinel, 2/10/2001.
[12] Orlando Sentinel, 2/15/2001.
[13] Miami Herald, 2/26/2001. For informational purposes only; we've already included the Palm Beach Post's earlier count of Miami-Dade's undervote. In this Herald count, Bush would have gained 1,506 additional votes, and Gore would have gained 1,555, but the Herald included pinpricked ballots, dangling chad, etc. -- questionable ballots which we would not include under any circumstances.
[14] Orlando Sentinel, 3/8/2001. The Sentinel's count from Osceola County included ballots with "partially punched or dimpled chad," and did not provide enough information to separate these ballots out. Because we're not interested in such subjective votes, we cannot include this count in our totals.
[15] Palm Beach Post, 3/10/2001. More than a month after their January 27 recount (which we've already not included.), this article rehashes the same numbers, offering further analysis of the earlier recount, but no new information except a guesstimate that the "butterfly ballot" design cost Gore about 6,600 votes. We remain, however, uninterested in anyone's "estimates," guesstimates, or theories. The only "what if" scenario we're interested in is "what if the ballots had been counted?", so we're not updating our numbers based on anything that made the news on March 10.
[16] Judicial Watch, 3/22/2001.Judicial Watch has released its count of Collier, Hillsborough, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties. These numbers are not included in our totals, because Judicial Watch is not a newspaper or media organization. Quite the contrary, it is a politically-motivated conservative group. We would no more include a count sponsored and funded by Judicial Watch than one sponsored and funded by a politically-motivated liberal group, like People for the American Way or The Sierra Club. However, if we had included the Judicial Watch numbers, using their "Strict" standards which most closely approximate ours (no dimpled or dangling chads), Bush would have gained 429 additional votes, and Gore would have gained 313.
[17] USA Today, 4/4/2001. Released in conjunction with the Miami Herald and Knight-Ridder, this is a study of undervotes, from Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Desoto, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Franklin, Gasden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Suwanee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties. As usual, we're disregarding the newspapers' counts of dimpled chades, pinpricks, one-, two-, and three-corner chads, and including only clean punches and unambiguously hand-marked ballots. We have excluded USA Today's counts from Bradford (Bush 8, Gore 8), Charlotte (Bush 34, Gore 26), Franklin (Bush 6, Gore 10), Gasden (Bush 14, Gore 30), Gulf (Bush 2, Gore 6), Hendry (Bush 0, Gore 0), Hernando (Bush 1, Gore 4), Jackson (Bush 11, Gore 20), Lake (Bush 12, Gore 17), Leon (Bush 10, Gore 9), Levy (Bush 8, Gore 9), Liberty (Bush 2, Gore 3), Miami-Dade (Bush 30, Gore 22), Okeechobee (Bush 15, Gore 32), Orange (Bush 113, Gore 250), Seminole (Bush 35, Gore 49), Suwanee (Bush 6, Gore 6), Taylor (Bush 24, Gore 34), and Union (Bush 0, Gore 0)counties, as we have earlier unofficial results in these counties. Bush 674, Gore 666.
[18] Miami Herald, 5/11/2001. Released in conjunction with USA Today and several other papers, this is the first statewide examination of all disputed ballots, from all counties. We have excluded undervotes from those counties which had already had media recounts of undervotes (all counties except Escambia, Madison, and Manatee), and in all cases included only clear, unambiguous ballots in our totals. The total for this recount: Bush 546, Gore 821.
OTHER STATEWIDE MEDIA RECOUNTS
We will continue to update this page, with any future results of other statewide media recounts. It is our understanding that a coalition of media behemoths led by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, and Associated Press is pursuing this, as is a different coalition of newspapers led by the Los Angeles Times.
The first statewide media recount was announced by the Miami Herald on May 11, 2001. Their headline was, "Overvotes leaned to Gore; But to win, he needed help of dimpled ballots." It must be pointed out, however, that the Herald's headline doesn't mesh with their own numbers... Certified results: Bush 2,912,790 --- Gore 2,912,253. Herald's statewide count of overvote: Bush 1,189 --- Gore 1,871. Herald's statewide count of dimpled, pinpricked, and dangling chad undervotes (ballots we would have excluded): Bush 11,702 --- Gore 12,183. Herald's statewide count of clean punchcard undervotes: Bush 456 --- Gore 970. Herald's statewide count of clear, unambiguous optical ballot undervotes: Bush 860 --- Gore 1,179. Total of the above, using Herald's numbers, including dimpled, pinpricked, and dangling chad undervotes: Bush 2,926,997 --- Gore 2,928,456. Total of the above, using Herald's numbers, excluding dimpled, pinpricked, and dangling chad undervotes: Bush 2,915,295 --- Gore 2,916,273. Conclusion: According to the Herald's numbers, Gore has more votes in Florida whether or not ballots with dimples, pinpricks, and dangling chad are included.
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