2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida
Florida counties' recount decisions
Table:
Pre-certification decisions that altered certified Florida 2000 presidential vote total

Decision-makers

Decisions

Impact on vote count[a]

Gore

Bush

Canvassing boards around the state

Decisions by some canvassing boards to count illegal overseas absentee ballots.[b] At Thanksgiving, decisions by 14 county boards to reverse prior decisions in order to include 288 ballots that had been rejected days earlier.[c][27][52][53][54]

194[d]

486[d]

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"[e][f][55][56][57]

-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"[e][g][44][55]

-789[h]

-733[h]

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"[e][i][55]

-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"[e][j][55]

-396

-189

Palm Beach County Canvassing Board

Decision not to review dimpled ballots with clear indications of intent[k][55]

-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[c][58]

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[l][4][55][59][60][61][62]

-480

-265

Secretary of State Katherine Harris

Decision not to include Miami-Dade County's vote recount results (139 precincts) accomplished before certification deadline[54][59][63]

-302

-134

Impact of all decisions on candidates' potential statewide totals

-7023

-5502

Potential statewide vote count in absence of all decisions[m]

2,919,276

2,918,292

48.85%

48.84%

984 margin

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