Thursday, October 20, 2011

2000 Election Film

Facts:
1. Florida is worth 25 electoral votes.
2. Punching out chads was the method of voting for Florida citizens.
3. They recounted 1% of Floridas votes and based it off of that.
4. They only recounted in specific counties of Florida.
5. The  U.S. Supreme Court concluded to end the recount.
6. There were a lot of protesters who felt strongly for a recount in Florida.
7. The machine could make the mistake of not counting a vote because the chad could cover up the hole again.
                                                                                     8. Bush won the election in the end.

Questions:
1. The film said different numbers could come out of  a recount, why is that?
2. Why didn't they let the state of Florida do a revote?; I don't think it would it would have taken too long if given some more time.
3. How could they improve the current voting method in Florida?
4. Why couldn't they just finish the recount if they were so close instead of suspending it?
5. Why did the police let the protesters in the building?
6. If they did extend the recount time limit, who would be the president in the mean time?
7. Who would have really won if they finished the recount process?
8. Were the citizens of Florida being treated fairly? Many of them did want a recount.

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