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R B Garr

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15. Well...that's a separate issue than the margin of victory which

Reply to Deny and Shred (Reply #13)

Fri May 1, 2015, 06:30 PM

May 2015

forced the recount.

What I remember is the final tally had Bush up by some 500-something votes. The SCOTUS ruled that a full recount could proceed, but they stuck with an already published deadline which meant there actually was no time for a recount that would affect the outcome because it favored Bush at that time.

I'm sure there are a lot of experts on that whole lawsuit here, but I'm going by memory from the main points from that time period.

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