2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida
Florida Ballot Project recounts

2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida

Section Title: Florida Ballot Project recounts
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Outcomes of potential recount scenarios in Florida presidential election 2000 (NORC, Florida Ballot Project)

Recount criteria	Margin	Total new votes for Bush and Gore

Review of all uncounted ballots statewide (never undertaken by Florida)

County custom standard: what each individual county canvassing board considered a vote, in regard to both undervotes and overvotes.	Gore by 171	10,480

Most restrictive standard: requires fully punched chads and complete fills on optical scan ballots, no overvotes	Gore by 115	5332

Most inclusive standard: any dimpled chads, any affirmative mark on optical scan ballots; includes optical scan overvotes.	Gore by 107	24,240

Prevailing standard: requires at least one corner of chad detached on punch card undervotes; any affirmative mark on optical scan ballots; includes overvotes	Gore by 60	7811

Review of limited sets of uncounted ballots (initiated but not completed)

Gore request for recounts in four counties: applies the above "prevailing standard" (but with no overvotes) to remaining uncounted ballots in Miami-Dade; accepts uncertified hand counts from Palm Beach and 139 precincts in Miami-Dade and certified counts from other 65 counties	Bush by 225	1434

Florida Supreme Court order: accepts completed recounts for Broward, Palm Beach, Volusia and Miami-Dade (139 precincts); applies the above "prevailing standard" (but with no overvotes) to remaining Miami-Dade and other 63 counties	Bush by 430	5383

Florida Supreme Court order as being implemented: accepts completed recounts in eight counties and certified counts from four counties that refused to recount; applies the above "county custom standard" to remaining Miami-Dade and other 55 counties	Bush by 493	7582

Unofficial recount totals

Incomplete result when the Supreme Court stayed the recount (December 9, 2000)	Bush by 154

Certified Result (official final count)

Recounts included from Volusia and Broward only	Bush by 537

Sentence(s)

The Florida vote was settled in Bush's favor by a margin of 537 votes.

final_sentence: The Florida vote was settled in Bush's favor by a margin of 537 votes.