tyler presley

The final word that is used by presidents and presidential candidates is the word “legal vote” which is relevant to the 2000 election of George Bush and Al Gore. In the 2000 election there was a dispute between the parties on what was to be considered a legal vote. This dispute eventually made it to the Supreme Court. This was a big issue because Al Gore wanted a recount in certain Florida counties. According to the Supreme Court ruling in this case a legal vote is “those in which there is a clear indication as to who the voter is voting for.” In some cases however, there was a clear intent on who the person was voting for but they did not follow the directions on the ballots. So my question is should they be counted if they did not follow the directions of the ballot? Gores word choice for the term legal vote was his own opinion that the ballots in which the directions were not followed should not be counted instead of what the actual ruling of the court was.



This new paragraph is alot easier to understand and is more clear about the subject on which im going to discuss. I decided to use easier words instead of trying to elaborate on a subject using fancy and confusing words. I decided not to base my whole paragraph on the court case that decided the actual meaning for the term and more on what Gore's perspective of the word ment.