1. Election of 2000: A Travesty of Justice

2. Election results November 2000
PRESIDENT EV States Won Vote %Votes BUSH W ,456, %
GORE ,996, %

3. Florida's 25 electoral votes hung in the balance

4. Florida Factors that affected the outcome of 2000
Confusing ballot in West Palm Beach

5. Florida Factors that affected the outcome of 2000
Third Party Green candidate Ralph Nader drained some votes from Gore

6. Bush had friends in high places in Florida
Brother Jeb Bush was governor of Florida
Katherine Harris was Secretary of State

7. Suppression of the Black vote through intimidation and…..
Why? Because African-Americans traditionally vote Democratic

8. Outright “scrubbing” black voters out.
How?
If they had a name that sounded similar to a convicted felon, they were scrubbed…..
If black soldiers failed to respond to a mailing, they were scrubbed….

9. Election hijinks
Database Technologies had scrubbed 57,700 legal voters off the Florida rolls, most of whom would have probably voted for Gore.
At least 8,000 of those disenfranchised voters came from a list of Texas felons provided by ChoicePoint Inc. – except that those people had actually only committed misdemeanors and not felonies.

10. Hanging Chads and endless recounts

11. Finally, only 527 votes separates Gore from Bush but then…..
The Supreme Court orders a halt to the counting...Bush wins

12. Karma?