Election 2000: week in review

By Compiled by Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 26, 2000

Monday

Florida Supreme Court hears arguments on when Secretary of State Katherine Harris Harris can certify Florida vote and whether she has to include hand recounts.

Tuesday

State Supreme Court rules unanimously that election officials must accept manual recounts. The court gives counties until 5 p.m. today to complete recounts.

Wednesday

GOP vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney checks into a Washington hospital for what turns out to be a mild heart attack. Doctors perform surgery and he is doing well.

Miami-Dade County scraps hand recount; Gore appeals.

Bush says Florida Supreme Court overreached its power and appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thursday

Florida Supreme Court refuses Al Gore's request for an emergency order to force Miami-Dade to conduct full hand recount. Campaign says it plans to contest the Miami-Dade results in court.

Gore asks U.S. Supreme Court to deny Bush's appeal.

Manual counts continue in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Republican lawyers argue in Leon Circuit Court for inclusion of overseas military ballots that were thrown out because of missing postmarks.

Friday

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Bush's argument that hand recounts are unconstitutional. Hearing is set for Friday, Dec. 1.

Cheney leaves hospital, saying his health presents no obstacle to him being vice president.

Saturday

Gore's camp says it will contest Palm Beach County's recount.

Bush drops legal fight to force counties to reconsider overseas military ballots when most of the counties agree to take another look at them.

Today

Secretary of State Katherine Harris plans to certify Florida's election results about 6 p.m.

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