The 2000 Presidential Vote Page

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[News Sources] [Political Analysis] [Legal Analysis] [Relevant Statutes] [Court Cases] [Issue Related Sites] [Discussion Lists] [Other Recount Links] 

News Sources

• CNN
• New York Times
  • The 2000 Election
  • Ballot Issues - 
    • Description of "Chad"
    • Guidelines
• Slate
• Washington Post
  • OnPolitics Political News
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Political Science Analysis

For more compete and up to date lists, please see 

• Greg Adam's and Chris Fastnow Links 
• Jonathan O'Keeffe's Links
  
• Adams, Greg, and Chris Fastnow. (Carnegie Mellon and Chatham College)
  • A Note on the Voting Irregularities in Palm Beach
• Alwath, Layth. (School of Business Administration, Univ. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)
  • research note
• Brady, Henry. (Dept. of Political Science, UC-Berkeley.)
  • What Happened in Palm Beach? (.pdf)
  • Report on Voting and Ballot Form in Palm Beach County
• Brett, Michael T. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington)
  • Does the Buchanan vote in Palm Beach County matter? 
• Caroll, Chris. (Dept. of Economics, Johns Hopkins University.)
  • Analysis Of Patterns of Undervoting in Miami-Dade County (.pdf)
  • Did More People Try to Vote for Gore than Bush in Florida?
• Dolinar, Sam
  • A Precinct-by-Precinct Statistical Analysis of Absentee and Non-Absentee Votes for Buchanan in Palm Beach County
• Fox, Craig (Fuqua School of Business, Duke Univ.)
  • Election 2000 Note  (.pdf)
• Hansen, Bruce. (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison, Economics)
  • Recount in Dade County? A Statistical Analysis
  • A NonParametric Analysis of UnderVotes in the Palm Beach Presidential Vote: Implications for a Recount
  • A Precinct-Level Demographic Analysis of Double-Punching in the Palm Beach Presidential Vote
  • Who Won Florida? Are the Palm Beach Votes Irregular?
• Gelbach, Johan. (Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Maryland)
  • The True Relationship Between Votes, County Size, and County Composition
• Mebane, Walter. 
  • Report on Overvote Consequences of the Ballot Form in Palm Beach County
• Orszag, Peter and Jonathan Orszag.  (Sebago Associates)
  • A Statistical Analysis of the Palm Beach Vote (.pdf)
  • Analysis of Votes for Buchanan by Precinct within Palm Beach and Broward Counties  (.pdf)
  • A Simple Analysis of Discarded Votes by Precinct in Palm Beach  (.pdf)
• Romely, J. 
  • Statistical Analysis of Florida Election
• Wand, Jonathan N., Kenneth W. Shotts, Jasjeet S. Sekhon, Walter R. Mebane, Jr., and Michael C. Herron
  • Voting Irregularities in Palm Beach County

Legal Analysis

• Jurist: The Legal Education Network (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Presidential Election Law - What Bush's Litigation Tells Us About Compassionate Conservatism  Sharon Beckman, Boston College Law School

Relevant Statutes

    Florida Code

• Title IX:  Electors and Elections
  • Chapter 102: Conducting Elections and Ascertaining the Results

  • 102.112: Deadline for submission of county returns to the Department of State; penalties.
  • 102.166 Protest of election returns; procedure.--
    

   Texas Code

• CHAPTER 127. PROCESSING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RESULTS (large page)

Florida State Agencies

• Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Voter Fraud
• Florida Department of State
  • Elections

 

Court Cases

Florida Supreme Court

• Documents Related to the Presidential Election

US Supreme Court

• Appeal of Recount to US Supreme Court
  • Text of Stay of Recount
  • Oral Arguments from 12/11/00 (From Oyez)

   

• Bush v Palm Beach Canvassing Board
  • Oral Argument
  • Opinion

   

• Absentee Ballot cases
  • Circuit Court Decision (Seminole County)
  • Circuit Court Decision (Martin County)

   

Post Election Ballot Research

• The NORC Study (U. of Chicago)

Issue Related Sites

• Chads
  • Brooks Jackson 'Dimpled' ballots count in Texas - November 21,2000   [CNN]

Discussion Lists

• eGroups Florida-Recount-Announce
• eGroups Florida-Recount-Discuss
• Election-Law Listserv Archive

Recount Humor

• A fool proof ballot

Miscellaneous Partisan Websites

• Pro-Gore
  • Democrats.com
  • Justice in Florida

Other Recount Links

• A Note on the Voting Irregularities in Palm Beach...Links - Greg Adams and Chris Fastnow
• Webbots world of wisdom and folly
• Links to Research on Florida Vote - Bruce Hansen, UW - Madison