Blue or Red?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/election2000/election_night.html


Why was the 2000 presidential elections so significant? It was significant because of Florida. I read this timeline on PBS and it was a great source to use to see what specifically happened hour by hour how this election turned upside down. Take a look at it and I think you'll really enjoy it. Surprisngly Florida's 25 electoral votes were executed toward Gore at around 8-8:30pm that evening, but one county cancelled their vote at around 9:30. Therefore, Florida remained undecided once again. But why? If the votes are casted then why does it have to be taken away? People were very worried and confused when Florida's votes were taken away until the middle of the night showing America that it was a red state. I'm truly disappointed about what happened that evening, but "it is what it is." Honestly, once the votes are casted and executed to the public, people assume that the votes have been counted, but in this case it wasn't. Why? For those of you that have the CNN app on your iphone, ipod, ipad, etc... go to the elctoral map and click on the 2000 presidential elections results. If you click on Florida as a blue state, Gore would had won.

Looking back to the 2000 elections, what went wrong and how was it "solved"? Was there a miss count? What does America need to do to prevent this conflict from occuring in future elctions? Do you think the 2000 presidential elections was fair?