Gore couldn’t prove it before time ran out because Florida had to certify it’s results and didn’t have time for a statewide recount. That’s the most important part of the Bush v Gore cases.
There’s a set election date (Tuesday following the second Wednesday in December - December 17th for 2024, but December 19 in 2000) when the ballots are cast. However, 1 will prior to that date is when the states must have the votes certified and transmitted to Congress with all legal challwnges settled. It’s the Safe Harbor Date and has been law since 1887. It was not invented by Conservative justices in 2000.
So for Gore to win, the state totals following the limited recount would have had to favor him. They did not. He lost in Florida by 537 votes after the recount. Nader received 97,431 votes in Florida.
If just 1% of the Florida Nader viewers had voted for Gore, Bush would not have been President even with the Supreme Court stopping the recount.
Gore won that election
Gore couldn’t prove it before time ran out because Florida had to certify it’s results and didn’t have time for a statewide recount. That’s the most important part of the Bush v Gore cases.
There’s a set election date (Tuesday following the second Wednesday in December - December 17th for 2024, but December 19 in 2000) when the ballots are cast. However, 1 will prior to that date is when the states must have the votes certified and transmitted to Congress with all legal challwnges settled. It’s the Safe Harbor Date and has been law since 1887. It was not invented by Conservative justices in 2000.
So for Gore to win, the state totals following the limited recount would have had to favor him. They did not. He lost in Florida by 537 votes after the recount. Nader received 97,431 votes in Florida.
If just 1% of the Florida Nader viewers had voted for Gore, Bush would not have been President even with the Supreme Court stopping the recount.