Florida's "hanging chads" ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help states update their ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an… ...

ATLANTA – Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help ...

The 2000 presidential election in Florida, specifically the Bush vs. Gore case, was a unique event with unexpected twists and turns. Despite the high stakes and intense media scrutiny, both the ...

If you remember, "hanging chads" played a significant role in the unusually high number of invalid votes in Florida during ...

Despite the high numbers, Florida’s vote count is expected to take place faster and more efficiently than in most states, thanks to reforms adopted after the “hanging-chads” fiasco of 2000.

Amazingly, over 93 percent of the Florida votes were publicly reported by 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on election night — a mere 90 minutes after polls had closed across the state.

The 2000 election between Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush came down to a controversial recount of ballots in Florida.

More What are hanging chads? Scrutiny of the butterfly ballot showed the major flaws in punch ballots. It affected tens of thousands of votes in Palm Beach County and across Florida.

“Hanging chads,” in which a punched piece of paper hung on at one corner, or a dimpled chad, in which a ballot was not punched but only indented, contributed to the debate.

On election night 2000, before the results were reported, MSNBC election coverage host Tim Russert held up a whiteboard and proclaimed that the election would come down to “Florida, Florida ...