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An incomplete ballot count puts George W. Bush in the lead with 1, 784 votes. A mandatory machine recount is ordered.
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Votes were recounted in all but one county, and George W. Bush is still in the lead by 327 votes. Manual recount is demanded by the Democrats.
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George W. Bush sues in the U.S District Court in Miami to bar the recount.
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The Federal Court refuses to stop the manual recount. The Gore Campaign sues to extend the deadline.
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The Florida Supreme Court permits a manula recount to Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
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After ballots of overseas absentess are counted, Bush still has a lead of 930, and his allies complain of irregularities in the hand counting of the votes.
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The Florida Justice rules that all hand coounts of the three counties, must be included.
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Bush's lawyers appeal and say that the state effectivley rewrote elections statutes, after the vote. Miami-Dade didn't have time to get their manual recount in by Nov. 26, so they canceled it.
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Bush is declared winner in Florida by Harris, with 537 votes of lead.
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Bush and Gore give their appeals to the Florida Supreme Court. The Supreme Court halts recounts.
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