Question

Following the 2000 presidential election, the Bush campaign

A) asked the Florida Supreme Court to order a hand recount of the ballots.
B) appealed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to allow a hand recount.
C) rejected the decision of the US Supreme Court on the hand recount.
D) decided a hand recount could not be done in time for the Electoral College vote.

Answer 1

Option B, appealed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to allow a hand recount, is the right answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Presidential election held on 7th November 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. In this election, George W. Bush, a candidate of the Republican Party defeated Al Gore, the candidate of the Democratic party.

This election was one such example where the winning candidate lost the popular votes. Following this election, Bush campaign appealed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to allow a hand recount. However, The Supreme Court of the United States reversed the request of the Florida Supreme Court for a selective manual recounting of the ballots of the Presidential election.