2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida
Florida counties' recount decisions
Florida Attorney General Robert Butterworth in his advisory opinion to county canvassing boards: The longstanding case law in Florida [ ] has held that the intent of the voters as shown by their ballots should be given effect.

2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida

Section Title: Florida counties' recount decisions
Table Section Text: Florida Attorney General Robert Butterworth in his advisory opinion to county canvassing boards: The longstanding case law in Florida [ ] has held that the intent of the voters as shown by their ballots should be given effect.

Pre-certification decisions that altered certified Florida 2000 presidential vote total

Decision-makers	Decisions	Impact on vote count

Gore	Bush

Canvassing boards around the state	Decisions by some canvassing boards to count illegal overseas absentee ballots. At Thanksgiving, decisions by 14 county boards to reverse prior decisions in order to include 288 ballots that had been rejected days earlier.	194	486

Canvassing boards of Alachua, Bay, Bradford, Charlotte, Columbia, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Hendry, Hernando, Holmes, Lake, Manatee, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, St. Johns and Washington Counties	Election day decisions by 17 Optiscan counties not to "manually review overvotes that couldn't be properly read by machine"	1278	826

Canvassing boards of Alachua, Bay, Charlotte, Citrus, Columbia, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Lake, Leon, Manatee, Monroe, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, St. Johns, Suwanee and Washington Counties	Election day decisions by 19 Optiscan counties not to "manually review undervotes that couldn't be read by counting machines"	789	733

Canvassing boards of Collier, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jefferson, Lee, Madison, Marion, Miami-Dade, Nassau, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, Sumter and Wakulla Counties	Election day decisions by 21 punch-card counties not to "attempt to determine voter intent on undervotes that couldn't be read by counting machines"	1310	1858

The above 21 boards plus Palm Beach County Canvassing Board	Election day decisions by 22 punch-card counties not to "attempt to determine voter intent on overvotes that couldn't be properly read by machine"	396	189

Palm Beach County Canvassing Board	Decision not to review dimpled ballots with clear indications of intent	2735	2107

Nassau County Canvassing Board	Decision to change county's certified vote from the mechanical recount total back to the election night vote total	73	124

Secretary of State Katherine Harris	Decision not to include Palm Beach County's vote recount results (all but 53 precincts) submitted before certification deadline	480	265

Secretary of State Katherine Harris	Decision not to include Miami-Dade County's vote recount results (139 precincts) accomplished before certification deadline	302	134

Impact of all decisions on candidates' potential statewide totals	7023	5502

Potential statewide vote count in absence of all decisions	2,919,276	2,918,292

48.85%	48.84%

984 margin

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