ted and which were not. Yet more complications of Pregnant Chads added fuel to the fire. A pregnant chad is where an indentation, but not a perforation appears. Making the spot look rounded or pregnant. Also, it arose to who was trying or attempting to vote for who. Thus, the debate over dimples and chads began.However, experts such as Doug Lewis, executive director of the Election Center in Houston, Texas, said we shouldnt be too alarmed. He says that the founders of the Constitution purposely designed the process to be flawed because they didnt trust in a centralized authority. He also says that a perfect election is one where none of the imperfections go into the eyes or ears of the public. He believes that ballot design and voting equipment should be re-examined and changed so that there should be more legal precision about what is constituted a vote. In due course, the candidates, nor the nation were satisfied with the way things were turning out. There was debate here and controversy there, surrounded by confusion and disorganization. Thus, the vote re-counts began. Recounts of the votes began in every state necessary. People weresat down to examine and count every vote in question by hand for hours, days and weeks at a time. Bush had received 2,909,135 votes and Gore received 2,907,351 votes, a winning advantage of 1,784 for Bush. We all know those numbers would change a few more times. You would figure Bush would win victoriously win. However,Gore would not accept this outcome. His disappointment would be backed up by the misunderstanding of votes in the nation. Im sure there must have been many recounts in several if not all states. Conversely, things did not heat up or get as difficult as they did in the state of Florida. In the end, after all the appeals introduced by Gore and all the recounts done in Florida as well as many other states. It all came down to the Electoral votes of the nation,which favor...
