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Why Donald Trump Isn't Al Gore: How 2020 Differ From 2000 Election. by joshua8016: 7:33pm On Nov 10, 2020
WASHINGTON – Around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2000, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore called his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, to concede, and he began making his way to the War Memorial Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee, to address his supporters.

Gore retracted his concession only an hour later. And networks retracted their projections that Bush had won Florida's 25 electoral votes. By the time the sun rose, the presidency remained undecided. Bush was ahead by only 1,784 votes out of about 6 million cast in the state, a very narrow margin that triggered an automatic recount.

What followed was five tumultuous weeks of back-to-back legal fights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Gore pushed for manual recounts in certain counties; Bush pushed back against them. By December, the high court ruled 5-4 in Bush's favor to stop the manual recounts. The final tally had Bush ahead by just 537 votes.

What happened two decades ago is far from what's happening now in 2020, legal experts say.

In 2000, the outcome hinged on just one state: Florida. A win in the Sunshine State would push either candidate toward victory. In the end, a difference of only a few hundred votes was key to deciding the presidency, and this very narrow margin allowed both sides to fight aggressively over every ballot.

In 2020, President-elect Joe Biden is ahead by thousands of votes in five battleground states where President Donald Trump's team is pursuing legal action to challenge the results. The closest state, Georgia, which will hold a recount, has Biden ahead by more than 12,000 votes as of Nov. 10.

A recount is unlikely to change the outcome given the current margins. Claims of widespread voter fraud have not been backed by evidence. And election law experts say voter fraud is rare and, when it happens, it typically affects a miniscule number of votes.

'FRAUD' FACT CHECKS:
*No evidence that 14,000 dead people voted in Michigan.
*Ballots in video of "Trump ballots" being burned is fake, city officials say.
*Nine military ballots were incorrectly discarded, but it wasn't an instance of fraud —and they weren't in a ditch.
*Arizona election department: Sharpies can be used on ballots.

"Basically, the election is over. There isn't anything that has come out that could plausibly affect the outcome," said David Boies, who led Gore's legal team in 2000. "There's no legal avenue for the Trump campaign to plausibly dispute the results in any one state."

Boies acknowledged that the Trump campaign is entitled to recounts. But, he said, "recounts are going to affect hundreds of votes, maybe. They're not going to affect thousands of votes."

'Very, very narrow' path to the U.S. Supreme Court.

source: https://news.yahoo.com/why-donald-trump-isnt-al-213050765.html

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Re: Why Donald Trump Isn't Al Gore: How 2020 Differ From 2000 Election. by Minjim: 7:47pm On Nov 10, 2020
Trump won't still concede
Re: Why Donald Trump Isn't Al Gore: How 2020 Differ From 2000 Election. by Shelumiel: 7:56pm On Nov 10, 2020
All these are just antics to sway people from the truth.

And the truth is voter fraud was committed.

Its only the gullible that would take this nonsense for fact.

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Re: Why Donald Trump Isn't Al Gore: How 2020 Differ From 2000 Election. by rottennaija(m): 3:09am On Nov 11, 2020
Shelumiel:
All these are just antics to sway people from the truth.

And the truth is voter fraud was committed.

Its only the gullible that would take this nonsense for fact.

What were this fraud?

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