![]() The Florida Supreme Court, however, set the deadline at November 26. The Secretary declined to waive the November 14 deadline imposed by statute. A dispute arose concerning the deadline for local county canvassing boards to submit their returns to the Secretary of State (Secretary). Vice President Gore then sought manual recounts in Volusia, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, pursuant to Florida's election protest provisions. of the votes cast," an automatic machine recount was conducted under ยง102.141(4) of the election code, the results of which showed Governor Bush still winning the race but by a diminished margin. Because Governor Bush's margin of victory was less than "one-half of a percent. On November 8, 2000, the day following the Presidential election, the Florida Division of Elections reported that petitioner, Governor Bush, had received 2,909,135 votes, and respondent, Vice President Gore, had received 2,907,351 votes, a margin of 1,784 for Governor Bush. Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd., ante, p. The proceedings leading to the present controversy are discussed in some detail in our opinion in Bush v. On December 9, we granted the application, treated the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and granted certiorari. Governor Bush and Richard Cheney, Republican Candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, filed an emergency application for a stay of this mandate. The court ordered all manual recounts to begin at once. The court further held that relief would require manual recounts in all Florida counties where so-called "undervotes" had not been subject to manual tabulation. Bush asserted that the net gain for Vice President Gore in Palm Beach County was 176 votes, and directed the Circuit Court to resolve that dispute on remand. ![]() The Supreme Court noted that petitioner, Governor George W. It also ordered the inclusion in the certified vote totals of 215 votes identified in Palm Beach County and 168 votes identified in Miami-Dade County for Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and Senator Joseph Lieberman, Democratic Candidates for President and Vice President. * On December 8, 2000, the Supreme Court of Florida ordered that the Circuit Court of Leon County tabulate by hand 9,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County. ![]()
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