U.S. Supreme Court declares George W. Bush elected president

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns

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Date of occurrence 2000-12-12

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United States (Location)

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The U.S. Supremer Court ruled that the recounting of votes in Florida could not be achieved by the deadline set for the certification of the state elections, and that therefore George W. Bush should be declared elected as President. So ended the “hanging chad affair”.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "U.S. Supreme Court declares George W. Bush elected president". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9327, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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