2000 Election Reading

Pre-Reading Questions:
1. What is a reasonable length of time for a recount to occur?
2. Could we ever find out if Gore actually won instead of Bush, or did Bush really win?
3. How many times has a recount occurred?
4. Who participated to help recount the votes?
5. Were the "recounters" more Democratic or Republican?

Facts/Details Learned From the Reading:
1. Palm Beach used the "butterfly ballot" in the 2000 election, placing the names of the candidates in two columns with the punch holes between them.
2. The 2000 election ended by a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court decision.
3. Ginsberg and Breyer are two of four activist liberal judges on the court who ignore the Constitution, substituting with their own extremely liberal social and cultural preferences.
4. The case of Romer vs. Evans created special voting rights for homosexuals.
5. Liberals view conservatives not as enemies, but as sexist, racist, and hysterical about homosexuality.

Post Reading Questions:
1. How could they improve voting methods, to reduce possible mistakes?
2. Would the results be different if the recount cutoff was on December 18th, instead of December 12th?
3. Can a Supreme Court justice be removed from their position for being prejudice in a court case?
4. Did people argue it would have been worth tolerating the stress for six more days to fully complete the recount and be closer to truly knowing the winner of the election?
5. What would happen if there was a tie in a presidential election?