Recount in Florida was automatically triggered when vote  came in with less than something like .05% difference. Gore asked for hand recount of some random precincts to verify the results of the constitutionally mandated automatic machine recount. To avoid that hand recount the Bush campaign filed suit in the Court of Appeals saying that any change in the results would "disenfranchise" him and his victory of 500+or- votes out of the millions cast in Florida. That court dismissed his suit as frivolous and without merit. The GOP goons including some of Don Youngs staffers converged on the places that Floridians were hand recounting and poring over the "hanging chads" . Called the "Brooks Brothers Riot" by media the goons were doing their damnedest to stop the counting of the votes via intimidation. Hand recount lowered the difference to around 100. Supreme Court took up the Bush "stop the count" case and decided 5-4 to stop counting thus appointing Bush to the Presidency of the USA. Sad.