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Absentee Ballots in the 2000 Florida Election

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• Overseas Military Ballots
• Statewide
• Martin and Seminole Counties

Overseas Military Ballots

• New York Times Exposé: Illegally Counted Absentee Ballots
  • How Bush Took Florida: Persuading Officials to Count Invalid Absentee Votes
    David Barstow and Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 15 July 2001
    Reprints:
    1. Eugene Register Guard
    2. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
    3. Minneapolis Star-Tribune
    4. Orlando Sentinel
    5. Raleigh News & Observer
    6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    7. San Francisco Chronicle
    8. St. Petersburg Times
    9. San Jose Mercury News
    10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Timely but Tossed Votes Were Slow to Get to the Ballot Box
    Michael Cooper, New York Times, 15 July 2001
  • House Republicans Pressed Pentagon for E-Mail Addresses of Sailors During Florida Recount
    C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 15 July 2001
  • Report: Fla. Accepted Flawed Ballots
    Associated Press, 14 July 2001
    Reprints:
    1. Boston Globe
    2. Charlotte Observer
    3. Columbus Dispatch
    4. Detroit News
    5. Kansas City Star
    6. Minneapolis Star-Tribune
    7. MSNBC
    8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    9. San Francisco Examiner
    10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    11. South Bend Tribune
    12. USA Today
    13. Wisconsin State Journal
• Reports During the Long Count
  • Lawsuit to throw out late absentee ballots (separate page)
  • No Systemic Problems in Absentee Ballots, IG Says
    Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service, 22 June 2001
    Includes links to press conference and DoD report
  • Appeals court upholds disputed military ballots in Florida election
    Associated Press (in CNN), 11 December 2000
  • Florida sent duplicate ballots overseas
    Carina Chocano, Salon, 09 November 2000
  • Votes From Abroad Lead to Much Confusion and Inconsistency Among Counties
    Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 17 November 2000
  • G.O.P. and Democrats Trading Accusations on Military Votes
    Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times, 19 November 2000
  • Bush Lawsuit Irks Those Rejecting Absentee Votes
    Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times, 1 December 2000

Statewide

• Florida's vague absentee laws make fraud a concern
  Sydney P. Freedberg and Leonora Lapeter, St. Petersburg Times, 14 November 2000
• Republicans Bear Down on Absentee Ballot Suits
  Michael Cooper With Michael Moss, New York Times, 2 December 2000

Martin and Seminole Counties

• Martin County
  • Martin County: Charge of New Irregularities on Absentee Ballot Counts
    Michael Moss, New York Times, 29 November 2000
• Seminole County
  • Latest news on the Seminole Case
    (summary of developments, with links), Campaign Watch
  • Transcript of closing arguments
    CNN, 7 December 2000
  • Democrats Look to Another Trial
    Michael Cooper, New York Times, 6 December 2000
  • Here Comes Seminole County
    Frank Pellegrini, Time, 5 December 2000
  • Seminole County case to go forward
    Salon, 5 December 2000
  • Court considers charge of election irregularities in Seminole County
    CNN, 18 November 2000
  • Judge Asked by Democrats to Quash Absentee Ballots
    Michael Moss, New York Times, 19 November 2000
  • 15,000 Absentee Ballots at Stake as Lawsuit Gains
    Michael Moss, New York Times, 21 November 2000
  • Help for Absentees Is Detailed in Court Suit
    Michael Moss, New York Times, 26 November 2000
  • Another supervisor scrutinized
    Jake Tapper, Salon, 28 November 2000
  • Ruling That Kept Suits Apart Is Appealed
    Michael Cooper, New York Times, 30 November 2000
• Both Counties
  • A Setup for a Seminole Surprise
    Jed Rubenfeld, New York Times, 9 December 2000
  • Judges Deliver Loss to Gore on Absentee Ballots
    Michael Cooper, New York Times, 7 December 2000

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