The Gore-Bush saga continues in its twists and turns!
Presently, Republican George W. Bush leads Democrat Al Gore by 537 votes in the overall vote (Bush 2,912,790 to Gore 2,912,253), which includes certified vote tallies as submitted on Sunday November 26, 2000 by 16 of Florida's 67 counties.
Prior to that last certification, election returns reported by the counties after overseas ballots were counted and before the weekend showed Bush leading by 930 votes. At that time, Bush had 2,911,872 votes while Gore had 2,910,942.
For that last certification, the Florida secretary of state Kathleen Harris had rejected the results of a hand recount submitted by Palm Beach County as being late and hence only a partial count. The incomplete results by Palm Beach County would have added a net gain of 180 votes for
Gore. If those returns had been accepted by the secretary of state, Bush's overall lead would been cut to 357 votes.
However, yesterday December 8, 2000, the Florida Supreme Court, on appeal by the Gore legal team, ordered a manual recount of all undervotes statewide, not just the selected counties as demanded by Gore. Fair enough, one should say!
It also said the Florida vote should include 215 additional votes for Gore resulting from a full manual recount in Palm Beach County, along with an additional 168 votes for Gore that were produced by a partial manual recount in Miami-Dade before its canvassing board halted the count, cutting Bush's lead to a mere razor-thin 154.
There are 67 counties in Florida. There are at least 43,432 undervotes statewide in as few as 51 counties that have not yet been counted. Broward, Volusia and Palm Beach have already counted their undervotes. Miami-Dade has counted 1,750 out of 10,750 undervotes.
What follows is a list of all Florida counties, the county-by-county tally (which reflects the most recent returns certified by the state, including all previous machine counts, hand counts and overseas absentee ballot results), and their number of undervotes. If a zero is listed, then there are no undervotes. "Unavailable" is listed where undervote information was not available by the county.
Gore's plea, with which I agree: just count the votes, even if George W. Bush wins! Let the undervotes counting begin.
May the person with the more total votes, chad or no chad, dimple or no dimples, win.
County
Bush
Gore
Bush Change
Gore Change
Original
Winner
Number of Undervotes
Alachua
34,135
47,380
-
-
Gore
225
Baker
5,611
2,392
-
-
Bush
94
Bay
38,682
18,873
7
5
Bush
529
Bradford
5,416
3,075
-
-
Bush
40
Brevard
115,253
97,341
14
6
Bush
277
Broward
177,939
387,760
579
1,146
Gore
6,686*
Calhoun
2,873
2,156
-
-
Bush
78
Charlott
35,428
29,646
-
-
Bush
168
Citrus
29,801
25,531
1
-
Bush
163
Clay
41,903
14,668
13
1
Bush
100
Collier
60,467
29,939
25
10
Bush
2,082
Columbia
10,968
7,049
-
-
Bush
617
Dade
289,574
328,867
-
6
Gore
10,750
DeSoto
4,256
3,321
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Dixie
2,697
1,827
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Duval
152,460
108,039
44
24
Bush
4,967
Escambia
73,171
40,990
45
9
Bush
Unavail
Flagler
12,618
13,897
-
-
Gore
55
Franklin
2,454
2,047
-
-
Bush
70
Gadsden
4,770
9,736
-
-
Gore
122
Gilchrist
3,300
1,910
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Glades
1,841
1,442
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Gulf
3,553
2,398
-
-
Bush
48
Hamilton
2,147
1,723
-
-
Bush
0
Hardee
3,765
2,342
-
-
Bush
85
Hendry
4,747
3,240
-
-
Bush
39
Hernando
30,658
32,648
-
-
Gore
101
Highland
20,207
14,169
-
-
Bush
489
Hilsboro
180,794
169,576
-
-
Bush
5531
Holmes
5,012
2,177
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Indianrv
28,639
19,769
-
-
Bush
1058
Jackson
9,139
6,870
-
-
Bush
94
Jefferson
2,478
3,041
-
-
Gore
Unavail
Lafayete
1,925
789
-
-
Bush
0
Lake
50,010
36,571
-
-
Bush
245
Lee
106,151
73,571
-
-
Bush
2,017
Leon
39,073
61,444
-
-
Gore
Unavail
Levy
6,863
5,398
-
-
Bush
52
Liberty
1,317
1,017
-
-
Bush
29
Madison
3,038
3,015
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Manatee
58,023
49,226
16
12
Bush
111
Marion
55,146
44,674
-
-
Bush
2,455
Martin
33,972
26,621
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Monroe
16,063
16,487
-
-
Gore
83
Nassau
16,408
6,955
125
73
Bush
111
Okaloosa
52,186
16,989
2
1
Bush
2,455
Okeechobee
5,057
4,589
-
-
Bush
84
Orange
134,531
140,236
-
-
Gore
966
Osceola
26,237
28,187
-
-
Gore
642
Palm Beach
152,964
269,754
-
-
Gore
10,582*
Pasco
68,607
69,576
12
6
Gore
1,776
Pinellas
184,849
200,657
2
1
Gore
4,226
Polk
90,310
75,207
4
3
Bush
228
Putnam
13,457
12,107
-
-
Bush
83
St. Johns
39,564
19,509
-
-
Bush
426
St. Lucie
34,705
41,560
-
-
Gore
537
Santarosa
36,339
12,818
29
8
Bush
Unavail
Sarasota
83,117
72,869
-
-
Bush
1,089
Seminole
75,790
59,227
-
-
Bush
219
Sumter
12,127
9,637
-
-
Bush
593
Suwannee
8,009
4,076
-
-
Bush
42
Taylor
4,058
2,640
-
-
Bush
82
Union
2,332
1,407
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Volusia
82,368
97,313
-
-
Gore
155*
Wakulla
4,512
3,838
-
-
Bush
Unavail
Walton
12,186
5,643
-
-
Bush
133
Washington
4,995
2,798
-
-
Bush
292
Totals
2,912,790
2,912,253
918
1331
Difference
537
393
930
Advantage - Bush
+ Palm Beach
215
Latest Florida Supreme Court Ruling
+ Miami dade
168
New Difference
154
Advantage Bush
* Broward, Palm Beach, Volusia allready counted will not be recounted
** Miami Dade: 10, 750 undervotes, but 9000 yet to be counted
Sources: AOL, CNN
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