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#Election2020: Trump election challenge not same as 2000 Florida recount | The Atlanta Voice

Twenty years ago, in a different time and under far different circumstances than today, it took five weeks of Florida recounts and court battles before Republican George W. Bush prevailed over Democrat Al Gore by 537 votes. Today’s attempts by President Donald Trump and GOP allies to get unproven claims of fraud and voting irregularities into court in multiple states […]

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1868

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1866

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1867

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1970

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13

1956

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1969

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1955

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1989

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1905

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1966

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1948

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1967

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1970

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1895

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1950

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1974

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1972

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1988

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1787

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1971

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