The table below contains the number of 2000 Florida Presidential Election ballots for each county that either had either zero or multiple (two or more) votes indicated for President, resulting in a disqualified ballot for President/Vice President. The percentage of total ballots that were disqualified for each county is also shown. The source of the raw disqualification data, including percentage values, is the South Forida Sun-Sentinel newspaper web site:

According to the Sun-Sentinel, "Presidential votes disqualified in Florida: Updated at noon Wednesday, Nov. 15. 2.93 percent of the ballots in Florida were disqualified from the presidential category. These ballots had one of two problems: no note for president or more than one vote for president. This is an increase from the 1996 presidential election, when 2.52 percent were disqualified."

This data appears to have some errors for Duval and Franklin counties, where the percentages provided by the Sun-Sentinel exceed the value computed as a percentage of Bush plus Gore votes in the first machine count. This computed value is not shown in the table below, but it should always be larger than the percentage of total votes for all Presidential candidates. The computed values as a percentage of Bush plus Gore votes for Duval and Franklin counties are 2.66% compared to 9.23% and 9.33% compared to 12.40%, respectively. The same type of error exists for the total percentage of disqualified ballots statewide, which is computed as 2.71% of all Bush plus Gore votes, compared to 2.93% of all candidates votes as stated by the Sun-Sentinel. The correct statewide percentage must be smaller, not larger, than 2.71%. This undermines the comparison between the 1996 and 2000 election.

This data also has an error for Gadsden County, where the value computed as a percentage of Bush plus Gore votes in the first machine count is 14.57% compared to 8.26% of the total votes for all Presidential candidates as provided by the Sun-Sentinel. In the final vote count, Gadsden County had 14,502 votes for George Bush and Al Gore combined, and 14,727 votes for all Presidential candidates. Thus, only 225 votes, or 1.53%, went to third party candidates, making the Sun-Sentinel number impossible. Also, the value for disqualified ballots as a percentage of the total votes for all Presidential candidates in Gasden county in the final vote count is computed as 2,085 / 14,727 = 14.16%.
 

This data would be more useful if broken down into numbers of "non of the above" ballots with no vote for President, and the number of multiple vote ballots. Ballots with punch holes or marks for multiple candidates for President may include an election fraud component due to ballot tampering where a candidate (e.g., George Bush) is denied votes by punching extra holes (or adding extra marks) on ballots voted for that candidate. Even more useful data would include a breakdown of how many disqualified ballots contained votes for each combination of multiple candidates. For example, if a surprisingly large percentage of the ballots disqualified due to multiple votes for President contained at least one vote for Al Gore, that could indicate election fraud operation that punched/marked Al Gore on many ballots. This would change "none of the above" ballots to votes for Al Gore, and would spoil and disqualify ballots that were voted properly for George Bush. This type of election fraud would go undetected by all vote counts if it occurred before the first vote count.

The Democrat Party hired a telemarketing company in Texas on election day, December 7, 2000, to telephone thousands of Palm Beach County Democrat voters before the polls were closed. The script suggested that the so-called "butterfly ballot" was confusing and cause Democrats to mistakenly vote for Pat Buchanan rather than Al Gore. The script then requested that election officials and elected representatives be contacted to complain about the "confusing ballot". This Democrat operation was used to create a false controversy to use as a basis for demanding a re-vote. This re-vote would have allowed Democrats who voted for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader to switch their vote and vote for Al Gore instead, thereby stealing the election from the winner, Republican George Bush.

The table also includes, for reference, the first and second machine count data and the number of new found votes for George Bush and Al Gore for each county. This data is also provided, with an explanation on another web page on this site.
 

Those engaging in election fraud have claimed that vote counting machines have a large inaccuracy of 3 to 5 percent (one in every 20 ballots are counted wrong). They have used these claims as an excuse to perform manual hand re-counts which have been used to commit additional election fraud.

The actual difference in vote counts in all of Florida's 67 counties for the first and second machine counts, show that 12 counties have no difference, and other than Gadsden county (1.31 percent difference), all counties had noticeably less than 1 percent difference. The vote count differences were probably due to punching new holes in the ballots or removal of loose chad pieces from punch holes in the ballots. Note that some counties use optically scanned ballots which do not involve punching holes. In the table below of all Florida counties, vote count differences of 0.25% or more are shown in red, and differences from 0.1% to 0.25% are shown in blue. Nassau County is not marked due to the explanation given after the table. The following summary table represents the data in the Florida counties table.
 
 

FRAUD FACTOR	First Machine Count1		Second Machine Count		"New Found Votes"1			Presidential Votes Disqualified
Florida County	Bush Votes 1	Gore Votes 1	Bush Votes 2	Gore Votes 2	Bush Change	Gore Change	Total Change Percent	Disqual- ified Ballots	Percent of Total Votes
Alachua	34,062	47,300	34,124	47,365	62	65	0.16%	415	0.48%
Baker	5,610	2,392	5,610	2,392	0	0	0.00%	140	1.69%
Bay	38,637	18,850	38,637	18,850	0	0	0.00%	663	1.11%
Bradford	5,413	3,072	5,414	3,075	1	3	0.05%	741	7.87%
Brevard	115,185	97,318	115,185	97,318	0	0	0.00%	594	0.27%
Broward	177,279	386,518	177,323	386,561	44	43	0.02%	14,622	2.49%
Calhoun	2,873	2,155	2,873	2,155	0	0	0.00%	78	1.48%
Charlott	35,419	29,641	35,426	29,645	7	4	0.02%	3,204	4.57%
Citrus	29,744	25,501	29,766	25,525	22	24	0.08%	217	0.38%
Clay2	41,745	14,630	41,736	14,632	-9	2	-0.01%	411	0.71%
Collier	60,426	29,905	60,433	29,918	7	13	0.02%	3,184	3.34%
Columbia	10,964	7,047	10,964	7,047	0	0	0.00%	693	3.61%
De Soto	4,256	3,322	4,256	3,320	0	-2	-0.03%	701	8.24%
Dixie2	2,698	1,825	2,697	1,826	-1	1	0.00%	332	6.64%
Duval	152,082	107,680	152,098	107,864	16	184	0.08%	6,909	9.23%
Escambia2	73,029	40,958	73,017	40,943	-12	-15	-0.02%	4,372	3.61%
Flagler	12,608	13,891	12,613	13,897	5	6	0.04%	83	0.31%
Franklin	2,448	2,042	2,454	2,046	6	4	0.22%	419	12.40%
Gadsden	4,750	9,565	4,767	9,735	17	170	1.31%	2,085	8.26%
Gilchris	3,300	1,910	5,210	1,910	0	0	0.00%	293	5.15%
Glades	1,840	1,440	1,841	1,442	1	2	0.09%	357	9.59%
Gulf	3,546	2,389	3,550	2,397	4	8	0.20%	421	6.41%
Hamilton2	2,153	1,718	2,146	1,722	-7	4	-0.08%	389	8.94%
Hardee2	3,764	2,341	3,765	2,339	1	-2	-0.02%	412	6.20%
Hendry	4,743	3,239	4,747	3,240	4	1	0.06%	810	9.05%
Hernando	30,646	32,644	30,646	32,644	0	0	0.00%	281	0.43%
Highlands	20,196	14,152	20,206	14,167	10	15	0.07%	1,009	2.79%
Hillsborough	180,713	169,529	180,760	169,557	47	28	0.02%	9,172	2.48%
Holmes	4,985	2,154	5,011	2,177	26	23	0.69%	139	1.84%
Indian River2	28,627	19,769	28,635	19,768	8	-1	0.01%	1,945	3.77%
Jackson	9,138	6,868	9,138	6,868	0	0	0.00%	1,170	6.70%
Jefferson2	2,481	3,038	2,478	3,041	-3	3	0.00%	571	9.19%
Lafayete	1,669	788	1,670	789	1	1	0.08%	174	6.49%
Lake	49,963	36,555	50,010	36,571	16	47	0.07%	3,378	3.67%
Lee	106,123	73,530	106,141	73,560	18	30	0.03%	4,601	2.43%
Leon	39,053	61,425	39,053	61,425	0	0	0.00%	181	0.18%
Levy	6,860	5,403	6,858	5,398	-2	-5	-0.06%	766	5.68%
Liberty	1,316	1,011	1,317	1,017	1	6	0.30%	188	7.24%
Madison	3,038	3,011	3,038	3,014	0	3	0.05%	480	7.23%
Manatee	57,948	49,169	57,952	49,177	4	8	0.01%	1,455	1.30%
Marion	55,135	44,648	55,141	44,665	6	17	0.02%	3,345	3.16%
Martin	33,864	26,619	33,970	26,620	106	1	0.18%	557	0.89%
Miami-Dade	289,456	328,702	289,492	328,764	36	62	0.02%	28,601	4.37%
Monroe	16,059	16,483	16,059	16,483	0	0	0.00%	208	0.61%
Nassau2,3	16,404	6,952	16,280	6,879	-124	-73	-0.84%	1,605	6.32%
Okaloosa	52,043	16,924	52,093	16,948	50	24	0.11%	765	1.07%
Okeechobee	5,058	4,588	5,057	4,588	-1	0	-0.01%	858	8.00%
Orange	134,476	140,115	134,517	140,220	41	105	0.05%	2,404	0.85%
Osceola2	26,216	28,177	26,212	28,181	-4	4	0.00%	1,683	2.94%
Palm Beach	152,846	268,945	152,954	269,696	108	751	0.20%	29,702	6.43%
Pasco	68,581	69,550	68,582	69,564	1	14	0.01%	3,917	2.67%
Pinellas2	184,884	200,212	184,823	200,629	-61	417	0.09%	8,487	2.09%
Polk	90,101	74,977	90,191	75,196	90	219	0.19%	975	0.57%
Putnam	13,439	12,091	13,447	12,102	8	11	0.07%	168	0.64%
Santa Rosa	36,248	12,795	36,274	12,802	26	7	0.07%	365	0.72%
Sarasota	83,100	72,854	83,100	72,853	0	-1	0.00%	2,807	1.71%
Seminole	75,293	58,888	75,677	59,174	384	286	0.50%	336	0.24%
St. John's	39,497	19,482	39,546	19,502	49	20	0.12%	532	0.87%
St. Lucie	34,705	41,559	34,705	41,559	0	0	0.00%	649	0.82%
Sumter	12,126	9,634	12,127	9,637	1	3	0.02%	771	3.35%
Suwannee2	8,014	4,084	8,006	4,075	-8	-9	-0.14%	732	5.55%
Taylor	4,050	2,647	4,056	2,649	6	2	0.12%	605	8.16%
Union	2,326	1,399	2,332	1,407	6	8	0.38%	258	6.32%
Volusia	82,214	97,063	82,214	97,063	0	0	0.00%	755	0.41%
Wakulla	4,511	3,835	4,512	3,838	1	3	0.05%	422	4.68%
Walton	12,176	5,637	12,182	5,642	6	5	0.06%	219	1.18%
Washington	4,983	2,796	4,994	2,798	11	2	0.17%	329	3.94%
TOTAL	2,909, 135	2,907, 351	2,910, 198	2,909, 871	1,063	2,520	0.06%	157,706	2.93%
1Source of vote count data: Associated Press web site.  2The error percentage needs to be adjusted to take   into account negative numbers, i.e., where Gore gained   votes and Bush lost votes, or vice versa, or both lost   votes.  3An explanation of the discrepancy for Nassau County is   given below.

 

    Updated at noon Wednesday, Nov. 15. 2.93 percent of the ballots in Florida were disqualified from the presidential category. These ballots had one of two problems: no note for president or more than one vote for president. This is an increase from the 1996 presidential election, when 2.52 percent were disqualified.