Why Is It Important To Vote In The 2000 Election

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In the 2000 Elections Geaorge W. Bush was running against Al Gore. Many obstacles where created in these elections, it was probably one of the most unfair elections that I have seen. The votes that where hand counted where obviously unfair and people seemed to act like it didn't matter. When the votes were recounted in Florida, George W. Bush probably still would have won, not all the votes goit completely re-counted. Newspapers said that Al Gore might have narrowly won if they had actually counted ever mark on a ballot, like the lenient standards state. When Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount on the so- called "undervotes" about 62,000 ballots didnt have a detected vote. This election was utterly unfair and everyone who ran it should

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