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When did the U.S. Supreme Court decide Bush v. Gore?

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U.S. presidential election of 2000 — Bush v. Gore A Florida judge examining a challenged vote at an operations center in Plantation, Florida, during a recount of the state's U.S. presidential election ballots, 2000.

The Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Bush v. Gore on December 12, 2000.1

This 5–4 decision effectively ended the manual recount of ballots in Florida during the United States presidential election of 2000, awarding the state's electoral votes to George W. Bush.1