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This 3 page paper examines the election that occurred in 2000 between Bush and Gore. What happened in Florida, and why fewer black votes were counted, is examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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close, but it happened and to resolve the situation, the Florida Supreme Court stepped in. Finally, when the case was taken to the high court, it was determined that Florida
really should not have intervened. In the end, Bush won, but two pertinent issues were addressed, which were those that pertain to discrimination and the disenfranchisement of voters, and also
the Constitutionality of the process. One issue that has come up over and over again since that time is the fact that black votes were not fairly counted. Walters
(2001) writes: "Black votes were more likely to have gone uncounted than those cast in white neighborhoods" (40). This is a serious charge, but it is not without merit. Numerous
investigations do support the claim. The commission did argue that African Americans were ten times as likely to to have their ballots viewed as invalid as people from other races
(Jolma, 2001). Some took the claim seriously. However, Trent Lott claims that the figure is not verifiable (2001). Yet, findings show that during the year 2000 about 11
% (2001, 20) of voters in Florida were African-American, while African-Americans casted approximately 54% (2001, 20) of spoiled ballots. Those statistics are quite intriguing. At the same time,
the ballots which were considered to be spoiled were really occurring at a rate where it is likely that one could not steer by race. Still, the figure is curious.
What had been widely reported were that the ballots of black voters in Florida were actually targeted for invalidation (2001). Much attention had been paid to the fact that George
Bushs brother, Jeb, was governor of Florida at the time (2001). Of course, to believe those allegations, one would have to believe in a serious conspiracy theory. Nothing such as
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