Election 2000
The Florida Deadlock
The Lawsuits (continued)
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Taylor v. Martin County Canv. Bd. (CV-00-2850, SC00-2448)
This lawsuit was filed in state court by Florida voters. The suit alleges that the Supervisor of Elections for Martin County allowed the Republican Party to remove absentee ballot request forms from public offices and official supervision.

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Jacobs v. Seminole County Canv. Bd. (CV-00-2816, 1D00-4686, 1D00-4717, and SC00-2447)
This lawsuit was filed in state court by Florida voters. The suit alleges that the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County gave the Republican Party unsupervised access to allow the alteration of absentee ballot request forms.

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Medina v. Florida Elections Canv. Bd.; Harris v. Florida Elections Canv. Bd.
These lawsuits challenged the exclusion of certain overseas absentee ballots.

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Bush v. Hillsborough County Canv. Bd.
This lawsuit challenged the exclusion of certain overseas absentee ballots.

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Fladell v. Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. (SC00-2373); Katz v. Fl. Elect. Canv. Bd. (SC00-2376); Gore v. Miami-Dade County Canv. Bd. (SC00-2370); etc. ...
This section includes documents filed with the Florida Supreme Court after it took these cases to address the issue of whether a revote in Palm Beach is available under federal law.

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Palm Beach County Canv. Bd. v. Harris (SC00-2346); Volusia County Canv. Bd. v. Harris (SC00-2348); and Fl. Dem. Party v. Harris (SC00-2349)
This section includes documents from the Florida Supreme Court decision to set a result certification deadline of Sunday, November 26th. Bush filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. After hearing oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the decision of the Florida Supreme Court and remanded the case back for further proceedings.

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