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1、布什诉戈尔案件事实OnNovember8,2000,thedayfollowingthePresidentialelection,theFloridaDivisionofElectionsreportedthatpetitioner,GovernorBush,hadreceived2,909,135votes,andrespondent,VicePresidentGore,hadreceived2,907,351votes,amarginof1,784forGovernorBush.BecauseGovernorBush'smarginofvicto
2、rywaslessthan"one-halfofapercent...ofthevotescast,"anautomaticmachinerecountwasconductedunder§102.141(4)oftheelectioncode,theresultsofwhichshowedGovernorBushstillwinningtheracebutbyadiminishedmargin.VicePresidentGorethensoughtmanualrecountsinVolusia,PalmBeach,Broward,andMiami-D
3、adeCounties,pursuanttoFlorida'selectionprotestprovisions.Fla.Stat.§102.166(2000).AdisputearoseconcerningthedeadlineforlocalcountycanvassingboardstosubmittheirreturnstotheSecretaryofState(Secretary).TheSecretarydeclinedtowaivetheNovember14deadlineimposedbystatute.§§102.111,102.1
4、12.TheFloridaSupremeCourt,however,setthedeadlineatNovember26.WegrantedcertiorariandvacatedtheFloridaSupremeCourt'sdecision,findingconsiderableuncertaintyastothegroundsonwhichitwasbased.BushI,ante,at___-___(slip.op.,at6-7).OnDecember11,theFloridaSupremeCourtissuedadecisiononrema
5、ndreinstatingthatdate.___So.2d___,___(slipop.at30-31).OnNovember26,theFloridaElectionsCanvassingCommissioncertifiedtheresultsoftheelectionanddeclaredGovernorBushthewinnerofFlorida's25electoralvotes.OnNovember27,VicePresidentGore,pursuanttoFlorida'scontestprovisions,filedacompla
6、intinLeonCountyCircuitCourtcontestingthecertification.Fla.Stat.§102.168(2000).Hesoughtreliefpursuantto§102.168(3)(c),whichprovidesthat"[r]eceiptofanumberofillegalvotesorrejectionofanumberoflegalvotessufficienttochangeorplaceindoubttheresultoftheelection"shallbegroundsforacontes
7、t.TheCircuitCourtdeniedrelief,statingthatVicePresidentGorefailedtomeethisburdenofproof.HeappealedtotheFirstDistrictCourtofAppeal,whichcertifiedthemattertotheFloridaSupremeCourt.Acceptingjurisdiction,theFloridaSupremeCourtaffirmedinpartandreversedinpart.Gorev.Harris,___So.2d.___
8、_(2000).ThecourtheldthattheCircuitCourthadbeencorrectt
