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1、 CNN announces Florida too close to call. Final outcome nationally:Gore: 50,996,116 votes （48.42%）Bush: 50,456,169 votes （47.91%） Gore won popular vote head to head （50.3% v 49.7%）Final outcome Florida: 2,909,176 （48.84%） 2,907,451 （48.81%）Nader: 96,837 （1.63%）Other: 42,779 （0.72%）Electoral College

2、Pre-Florida:266-246 GoreElectoral College Post-Florida:271-266 BushTime line:Nov 8: 1:30 a.m. EST - Bush and Gore look to be tied with 242 electoral votes each.N 2:15 a.m. - Bush appears to take decisive lead and networks call him the winner in Florida and the nation.2:30 a.m. - Gore calls Bush to c

3、oncede the election.3 a.m. - Gore leaves hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, in motorcade headed to War Memorial Plaza, where he will address supporters. 3:15 a.m. - Gore advisers call the vice president to tell him Bushs lead in Florida has diminished dramatically. 30 a.m. - Gore calls Bush to retract c

4、oncession. He returns to hotel without addressing crowd. 41 a.m. - CNN Correspondent Candy Crowley, reporting from Austin, Texas, announces the vice president has called the governor and retracted his concession.N 4:15 a.m. - CNN and other networks retract their projections of Bush winning Florida a

5、nd the election.Many Americans awake to learn the presidential race is still a toss up. Because the vote is so close, Florida begins a mandatory recount. B In Palm Beach County, voters complain that their punch card ballots were configured in a confusing manner. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Florida, says m

6、ore than 19,000 votes in Palm Beach County have been disqualified because of a faulty ballot.Nov 9:D Gores team requests a hand count of presidential ballots in four Florida counties. Circuit judge issues preliminary injunction barring Palm Beach County officials from certifying final recount.Nov 10

7、:Florida statewide recount concludes with Bush leading Gore by 327 votes, according to unofficial tally by The Associated Press.Nov 12:At 1:30 a.m. Palm Beach Countys canvassing board votes 2 to 1 to ask for a hand recount. R Bushs legal team in Florida files papers in federal court seeking to halt

8、manual recounts in the state. A judge is to consider the request Monday. Volusia County begins hand recount of more than 184,000 votes. Local officials seek to extend the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline to complete the task. Nov 13:U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks refuses to halt manual recounts in F

9、lorida.R Floridas secretary of state announces she will not extend the 5 p.m. EST November 14 deadline for certifying election results. The decision does not affect the counting of overseas absentee ballots, which has a November 17 deadline.Gore election supervisor Warren Christopher says Harris Nov

10、ember 14 deadline will be challenged in court.Volusia County files suit seeking to extend Tuesday deadline for certifying its results. Late in the evening Broward County decides against proceeding with a full manual recount. Nov 14:State will enforce a 5 p.m. EST deadline for certifying presidential

11、 votes. This was upheld by a county circuit judge in Tallahassee, Florida.Palm Beach County canvassing board votes 2-1 to suspend hand recount. At 4:30 it voted to resume the recount Wednesday.Circuit court judge in Palm Beach to hear legal challenge that claims poor ballot design led Gore supporter

12、s to vote for Pat Buchanan. Five judges had previously recused themselves from the case. Dade County conducts a 1% hand recount. Nov 15:A 2 p.m. EST deadline for counties to submit to the state a written justification of a manual recount expired. R Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris asks th

13、e states top court to halt any hand counting of ballots and consolidate lawsuits in a state court. Florida Supreme Court denies the motion. State judge rules that the Palm Beach County board can set rules on which ballots are valid. Broward County canvassing board reverses an earlier decision and de

14、cides to conduct a full manual recount.R Late in the evening Harris says she will not accept results of any hand recounts when it comes time to certify final totals on Saturday. Nov 16:R Lawyers for Bush submit written arguments to the U.S. federal appeals court in Atlanta to end the recounts.D Demo

15、crats also filed papers with the federal court to oppose the Republican bid.D Attorneys for the Gore campaign file an emergency motion in Leon County state court challenging the certification of the results of the Florida presidential election.The Florida Supreme Court rules Palm Beach County can pr

16、oceed with a manual recount of ballots. Nov 17:State judge says he will issue a written order next week on whether he has the constitutional authority to order a revote in Palm Beach CountyJudge rules Florida secretary of states ruling that excludes hand recounted votes can stand. Midnight deadline

17、for counties to receive overseas absentee ballots. The Florida Supreme Court blocks the secretary of state from any vote certification until it can rule on the Democrats motion to allow hand recounts to be counted. Miami-Dade County reverses an earlier decision and votes to conduct a full manual rec

18、ount. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denies GOP request to stop manual recounts on constitutional grounds. Nov 18:After absentee ballots are counted, uncertified results show Republican George W. Bush leads Democrat Al Gore by 930 votes.Nov 20:The Florida Supreme Court holds a hearing on whether Harr

19、is should consider hand-recounted ballots before she certifies results of the presidentialelection.Florida Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga says he lacks authority under the U.S. Constution to order a new presidential election in Palm Beach County. Jane Carroll, Republican Broward County elections superv

20、isor and canvassing board member, announces her retirement. She is replaced by Circuit Judge Robert Rosenberg, an appointee of GOP Gov. Jeb Bush. Nov 21:The Florida Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, rules that state election officials must include the results of manual recounts in Floridas fin

21、al presidential tally.Nov 22:Canvassing board calls off Miami-Dade Countys recount of presidential ballots. R Attorneys for Bush ask the U.S. Supreme court to block a Florida Supreme Court decision allowing the hand counts to continue. A state judge rules that Palm Beach County election officials mu

22、st consider dimpled chad punch-card ballots but can reject questionable ballots if the voters intent cant be determined. Nov 23:Florida Supreme Court refuses to order Miami-Dade County to resume recount. Nov 24The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Bush appeal of Florida Supreme Courts November 21 ru

23、ling that selective manual recounts must be included in the states final presidential tally. Hearing set for December 1. Nov 26R Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announces the certified totals. The final tally, according to Harris, is 2,912,790 votes for Bush; 2,912,253 for Gore. Nov 27R

24、Bush lawyers file a motion with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay oral arguments in a pending federal case against Floridas hand recounts.s legal team files legal papers in state court in Leon County formally objecting to the certification. A Seminole County lawsuit seeking to throw ou

25、t 4,700 absentee ballots is moved to the state court in Leon County, which is also hearing Gores certification challenges. The issue of whether Palm Beach Countys butterfly ballot was legal is moved to the Florida Supreme Court.Nov 28:Deadline for briefs to be filed before the U.S. Supreme Court on

26、Bush appeal of Florida Supreme Courts ruling selective manual recounts.D Democrats ask Leon County Circuit Court Judge N. Saunders Sauls to authorize an immediate recount of about 14,000 disputed ballots. Judge Sauls orders the disputed ballots, sample voting booths and voting machines from Miami-Da

27、de and Palm Beach counties brought to his courtroom by Friday. Nov 29:Election officials in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties begin process of transferring the disputed ballots to Tallahassee. Nov 30:Deadline for replies to be filed before the U.S. Supreme Court on Bush appeal of Florida Supreme Co

28、urts ruling on selective manual recounts.R A committee in Floridas Republican-led Legislature votes to recommend a special session that could appoint its own slate of presidential electors.D Democrats file papers in the Florida Supreme Court asking them to order an immediate hand recount of some 14,

29、000 disputed ballots, as well as in the U.S. Supreme court challenging the right of Florida lawmakers to name their own presidential electors. Dec 1:U.S. Supreme Court hears 90 minutes of oral arguments on Bush challenge on constitutional grounds of Florida Supreme Courts ruling on selective manual recounts.Florida Supreme Court on Friday rejects a Gore campaign request to immediately begin the hand count of 14,000 disputed presidential ballots from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.Florida Supreme Court affirms lower courts decis