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Election day
The American people began voting on the american president -
Gore projected to win Florida
The Associated press declares Gore is projected to win Florida, later to be redacted by the media. -
Bush appears to hold lead
Bush gains decisive lead in Florida, though the whole thing is shrouded in mystery, votes come in and bush wins with an extremely tight margin. -
Neither Bush nor Gore
Neither Bush nor Gore hold enough votes to claim presidency in the end. Bush had 246 and Gore had 260 electoral votes. -
Supreme court
Supreme Court decides to hear Bush camp arguments for no recount. -
Bush wins
Supreme court decides not to allow recounts, decided to let bush take the election 5-4.