Essay
C. Things you should include and respond to:
- What role(s) did Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris, George Bush, Al Gore have in this event. Who were they? What did each hope to achieve?
- Discuss the voter registration efforts to bring more African-Americans to the polling place.
- Discuss the attempt to purge voters off of the voter registration list—what did it attempt to do? How was it done? What did it achieve? Was it a violation of voter’s rights?
- What other factors took place that discouraged voters on election day? Were there enough ballots? Did the ballot machines work? Explain!!
- What role did the military personnel serving overseas play in the outcome of the election?
- Discuss the role of the county voter registrars in the voter recount efforts. What obstacles did they face? How did they, if at all, overcome those obstacles?
- Your thoughts?
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