Us Election 2004 Timeline

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1. 2000-03-06 March 6, 2000: New York Times Decries Recent ‘Issue Ads’ by Group Sympathetic to Bush Campaign, Says Ads Are Symptomatic of Dysfunctional Campaign Finance Laws
2. 2000-03-07 March 7, 2000: McCain Campaign Files Complaints over Bush Campaign Ads, Says Ads Violate Campaign Finance Law
3. 2000-11-01 November 1, 2000 and After: Bush Campaign Preparing to Defy Electoral College if Gore Wins Electoral Tally, Loses Popular Vote
4. 2000-11-07 7:00 a.m. November 7, 2000 and After: Palm Beach County Voters Complain of Confusing Ballots
5. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: 93 Percent of Florida’s African-American Voters Cast Votes for Gore; Many Not Counted
6. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: Florida Denies Thousands of African-Americans Their Vote
7. 2000-11-07 Early Afternoon, November 7, 2000: Florida NAACP Official Receives Reports that African-American Registered Voters Not on Voting Rolls
8. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: Two Heavily Democratic Precincts in Florida County Fail to Register Votes for President in Large Numbers
9. 2000-11-07 November 7-8, 2000: Fox News Election Anchor and Bush Cousin Pre-Emptively Calls Election for Bush, Influencing Future Coverage
10. 2000-11-07 11:30 a.m. November 7, 2000: African-American Voters in Florida County Blocked from Reaching Polling Places by Police Roadblocks
11. 2000-11-07 7:50 p.m., November 7, 2000: AP, Networks Project Gore Winner of Florida, Making Him Projected Winner of Presidential Election
12. 2000-11-07 After 7:50 p.m. November 7, 2000: Supreme Court Justice on Projected Gore Victory: ‘This Is Terrible’
13. 2000-11-07 9:30 p.m. November 7, 2000: Early Projections of Gore Win in Florida Retracted, State Reverts to ‘Too Close to Call’ Status
14. 2000-11-08 After 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000: Bush Campaign Message: Bush Has Won Florida
15. 2000-11-08 Morning, November 8, 2000: Bush Asserts Victory in Florida
16. 2000-11-08 November 8, 2000: Republicans Tell News Audiences Gore Should End Recount Battle
17. 2000-11-08 Evening, November 8, 2000: NBC Political Commentator Calls Recount Process a ‘Crisis’, Warns Gore to End Process Quickly or Be Dubbed ‘a Whiner’
18. 2000-11-08 November 8, 2000: Democratic Senator Backs Away from Endorsing Gore Recount Request
19. 2000-11-08 November 8-9, 2000: Many Democrats Blame Nader for Costing Gore Critical Votes
20. 2000-11-08 Morning, November 8, 2000: Liberal Columnist: Gore Should Have ‘Courage to Step Aside’ and Concede Election
21. 2000-11-08 2:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Fox News, Other Networks Project Bush as Winner of Florida, US Presidency
22. 2000-11-08 2:30 a.m. - 3:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Gore Briefly Concedes Election
23. 2000-11-08 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000: Gore Retracts Concession
24. 2000-11-08 After 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000 and After: Bush Campaign Prepares Florida Secretary of State for Election Controversy
25. 2000-11-08 3:57 a.m. - 4:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Networks Again Classify Florida as ‘Too Close to Call’
26. 2000-11-08 Early Morning, November 8, 2000: Presidential Election Too Close to Call; Florida Orders Machine Recount
27. 2000-11-08 Evening, November 8, 2000: Republican, Democratic Lawmakers Spar over Palm Beach ‘Butterfly Ballot’ on CNN; Palm Beach Elections Supervisor Angered at Democrat’s Criticisms and Claims
28. 2000-11-08 Mid-Morning, November 8, 2000: Gore, Bush Campaigns Send ‘Quick Response’ Teams to Florida to Handle Election Conflict; Serious Problems Reported
29. 2000-11-09 5:00 p.m. November 9, 2000: Florida Recounts Continue; Official Tallies May Not Be Available for Days
30. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: ’Butterfly Ballot’ Confused Florida County Voters into Casting Presidential Votes for Third-Party Candidate, Lawsuit Filed
31. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Presidential Campaigns Handle Post-Election Affairs Differently
32. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Gore Campaign Asks for Recount of Four Florida Counties, Bush Accuses Gore of ‘Cherry-Picking’ Counties for Recounts
33. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: US Presidential Election Still Undecided; Gore Has Slim Popular, Electoral Vote Leads
34. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Editorial Attempts to Calm Voters Uneasy Due to Florida Recounts
35. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: News Providers Offer Explanations, Admissions of Error in Wake of Election-Night Errors
36. 2000-11-09 11:35 p.m. November 9, 2000: ABC Lets Bush Aides Dominate Hour-Long ‘Analysis’ of Florida Election Situation
37. 2000-11-09 12:20 a.m. November 9, 2000: Gore Campaign Aide Writes Memo Summarizing Election Discrepancies in Palm Beach County
38. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: New York Times Says Gore Consideration of Legal Recourses in Florida Election ‘Worrying,’ Asks Gore to Let Results Stand
39. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Florida Machine Recount Completed in 66 of 67 Counties, Gore Campaign Requests Recounts in Four Disputed Counties; ‘Undervotes’ at Heart of Question
40. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Oregon Called for Gore; New Mexico Reverts to ‘Too Close to Call’
41. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Post Slams Gore Campaign for Considering Legal Remedies in Florida Recount
42. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Presidential Biographer Falsifies History in Saying that Gore, Like Nixon, Should Concede Election
43. 2000-11-11 November 11-13, 2000: Florida Court Rejects Bush Campaign Request to Stop Manual Recounts
44. 2000-11-11 November 11, 2000: Former Republican Senator Advises Gore to Concede: Asking for Recounts ‘Bad for Country’
45. 2000-11-11 November 11-12, 2000: Two Florida Counties Announce Recounts
46. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Fox News Host Accuses Gore of Turning Election into ‘Legal Circus,’ Taking Final Decision from Voters and Giving it to Lawyers
47. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Democrats Intend to Sue Florida County Elections Supervisor for Allowing GOP Ballot Tampering
48. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Conservative Columnist Lambasts Gore Campaign’s Call for Recounts
49. 2000-11-13 Evening, November 13, 2000: Florida County, Facing Deadline, Rejects Manual Ballot Recount
50. 2000-11-13 4:00 p.m. November 13, 2000: Gore Asks that Time Be Spent to Determine Rightful Florida Winner