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The National Opinion Research Center at the University Of Chicago , sponsored by a consortium of major U.S. news organizations, conducted a Florida Ballot Project comprehensive review of all ballots uncounted (by machine) in the Florida 2000 presidential election, both ''undervotes'' and ''overvotes'', with the main research aim being to report how different ballot layouts correlate with voter mistakes. The media companies involved were:
Although the NORC study was not primarily intended as a determination of which candidate "really won", analysis of the results, given the hand counting of machine-uncountable ballots due to various types of voter error indicated that they would lead to differing results, reported in the newspapers which funded the recount, such as '') or the '' Washington Post '' {Link without Title} . The findings were reported by the media during the week after November 12 , 2001 . All of the various county by county recounts that had been requested by Gore or Bush. Neither Candidate had formally requested a total statewide recount. The recount also showed that the only way that Al Gore could have tallied more votes is by using counting methods that were never requested, and which included "overvotes" — spoiled ballots in which more than one candidate is selected for one office. These overvoted ballots are viewed as irretrievably spoiled by all responsible election officials, but the recount attempt to discern "voter intent" by examining them anyway. These results would also only be valid if the media representatives viewed the ballots in the same manner as the voting officials would have. |
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