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Reform efforts and previous Florida ballot studies

Civil rights commission approves report assailing Florida vote
June 8, 2001

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights approved a controversial investigative report that found the 2000 presidential race in Florida was marred by "injustice, ineptitude and inefficiency" that disenfranchised minority voters.

Justices defend handling of Florida election case
March 29, 2001

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas told a congressional panel that it was the court's responsibility to decide last year's presidential election dispute in Florida.

Jeb Bush signs Florida election reform into law
May 9, 2001

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law a sweeping package of election reforms six months after a controversy over hanging chads threw the presidential election into disarray.

Bush still wins Florida in newspaper recount
April 4, 2001

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- If a recount of Florida's disputed votes in last year's close presidential election had been allowed to proceed by the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican George W. Bush still would have won the White House, two newspapers reported.

Newspaper: Butterfly ballot cost Gore the White House
March 11, 2001

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- Voters confused by Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot cost Al Gore the presidency, The Palm Beach Post reported.

Analysis suggests vote recount favored Bush
February 26, 2001

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- In a post-election analysis, The Miami Herald suggests that George W. Bush likely would have won the presidency outright if Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris had allowed South Florida counties to complete manual recounts before certifying last November's election.

Analysis indicates many Gore votes thrown out in Florida
January 27, 2001

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An analysis of a portion of November's votes in Florida for president shows those for Al Gore were far more likely to be disqualified because of so-called overvoting than ballots cast for George W. Bush.

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