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'' writer

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. The book details the

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, focusing on the battle over the electoral votes of the state of

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that culminated in the

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ruling in

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that awarded the votes, and thus the Presidency, to

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Bibliography

* Kaplan, David A. (2001). ''The Accidental President: How 413 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians (Give or Take a Few) Landed George W. Bush in the White House''. New York, William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). . Books about the 2000 United States presidential election {{US-poli-book-stub