"The most basic right of all was the right to choose your own leaders.The history of this country,
in large measure, is the history of the expansion of that right to all of our people." (Lyndon Johnson)
This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.
General News Reports
- Caltech-MIT team finds 4-6 million votes lost in 2000 election
press release, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 16 July 2001
- Black voters in Florida don’t accept the result and blame the state for rejecting their votes
Tim Nickens and Adam C. Smith, St. Petersburg Times, 18 February 2001
- Racial divide
Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, 21–28 December 2000
- 'This is not about Gore. This is about us'
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 15 December 2000
- Black voters vent frustration
Adam C. Smith, St. Petersburg Times, 7 December 2000
- Black voters' laments ignored, activists say
Lucy Morgan and Julie Hauserman, St. Petersburg Times, 7 December 2000
- Back to the civil rights barricades
Todd Gitlin, Salon, 4 December 2000
- Glades blacks' ballots tossed more than average
William Cooper Jr. and Alexandra Clifton, Palm Beach Post, 18 November 2000
- Racial Pattern in Demographics of Error-Prone Ballots
Josh Barbanel And Ford Fessenden, New York Times, 29 November 2000
- Arriving at Florida Voting Places, Some Blacks Found Frustration
Mireya Navarro And Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 30 November 2000
- Glitch tells hundreds in Florida they are felons
Marcia Gelbart, Palm Beach Post , 22 June 2000
Editorials and Opinion Columns
Civil Rights Commission Hearings
- External site:
United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Also see
Peter Kirsanow (separate page).
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission's Report on Florida Election
Civil Rights Commission web site
- Letter summarizing legal violations in the 2000 Florida elections
Nancy Kuhn, Democrats.com, 18 June 2002
- Some Highlights of Florida Report
New York Times, 9 June 2001
- Florida vote violated rights act, panel says
Jennifer Sergent, Scripps Howard News Service (in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer), 9 June 2001
- Florida election mess is a national scandal
editorial, Honolulu Advertiser, 8 June 2001
- Report: Fla. officials 'derelict'
Laura Parker, USA Today, 6 June 2001
- Florida Governor Calls Commission Report on Election Biased
Dana Canedy, New York Times, 6 June 2001
- Civil Rights Commission says Florida election unfair
Associated Press (in USA Today), 5 June 2001
- Florida election criticized
BBC, 5 June 2001
- Letter to Governor Jeb Bush from Chairperson Mary Frances Berry
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 9 March 2001
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Concludes Voter Disenfranchisement Is Real Issue in Florida Vote
press release, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 9 March 2001
- Why did the US media black out the Civil Rights Commission report on the Florida vote?
Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site, 21 March 2001
- US Commission on Civil Rights charges "voter disenfranchisement... at heart" of Bush victory in Florida
Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site, 10 March 2001
- Harris defends Florida poll
BBC, 12 January 2001
- Rights Panel Interrogates Jeb Bush About Florida's Voting System
Dana Canedy, New York Times, 12 January 2001
- Jeb Bush grilled on voting irregularities
Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 12 January 2001
ChoicePoint/DBT "Voter Cleansing"
- Nation Investigation Reveals Florida Officials Shut Out Tens of Thousands of Black Voters on Election Day
press release, CommonDreams, 12 April 2001
- How the GOP Gamed the System in Florida
John Lantigua, The Nation, 30 April 2001
- Florida's 'Disappeared Voters': Disfranchised by the GOP
Gregory Palast, The Nation, 5 February 2001
- Inquiry into new claims of poll abuses in Florida
Julian Borger and Gregory Palast, The Guardian, 17 February 2001
- A blacklist burning for Bush
Gregory Palast, The Guardian, 10 December 2000
- Florida tried to "cleanse" voter lists
Gregory Palast and Salon staff, Salon, 4 December 2000
Lawsuits
Congressional Hearings
- Whose Votes Don't Count?: An Analysis of Spoiled Ballots in the 2000 Florida Election
Philip A. Klinkner, Associate Professor of Government, Hamilton College (Clinton NY)
- Democrats Seek Inquiry on Florida Vote Count
Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 16 July 2001
- Senators
Hear Bitter Words on Florida Vote
Katharine Q. Seelye, New
York Times, 28 June 2001
- Democrats meet to decry election system
Bill Adair, St. Petersburg Times, 19 June 2001
- Democratic panel holds hearings on election in Duval County
Matthew I. Pinzur, Jacksonville Times-Union, 19 June 2001
- Old Disagreements Emerge in Election Reform Hearing
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 4 May 2001
- Experts Warn Congressional Hearing That Action on Voting Is Needed Soon
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 4 April 2001
- Congress Plans Study of Voting Processes and TV Coverage
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 9 February 2001
Other Investigations
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