Original sentence: Additionally, Bush's younger brother, Jeb Bush, was the governor of Florida and this led to rumors that he had somehow "fixed" the election results to favor his brother.The nine members of the Supreme Court voted along partisan lines in the split decision with the two swing voters (Justices O'Connor and Kennedy)  siding with the three conservatives (Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia, and Thomas) outvoting the Court's four liberals (Justices Ginsburg, Souter, Stevens, and Breyer).The vote was certified by Katherine Harris, the Florida Secretary of State and a Republican who had publicly supported Bush during the campaign
Edited sentence: Additionally, Bush's younger brother, Jeb Bush, was the governor of Florida and this led to rumors that he had somehow "fixed" the election results to favor his brother by colluding with Harris to purge the voter rolls.Bush were Republicans named by George W.Bush's father.Bush's father or his father's running-mate (Thomas, Kennedy and Rehnquist were named Justice or Chief Justice by G.Bush; O'Connor and Scalia were named Justices by Ronald Reagan).It was also notorious because the 5 member majority had employed reasoning antithetical to their prior decisions.On the side of the dissent, and deciding for Gore, were two Democrats (Ginsburg and Breyer) and two Republicans (Stevens and Souter) including one Republican (Souter) who had been named Justice by George W.The 5-4 decision exhibited a high level of partisanship and cronyism in that all five justices siding with George W.The vote was certified by Katherine Harris, the Florida Secretary of State and a Republican who had publicly supported Bush during the campaign and served as Co-Chair of his Florida campaign