# Never liked Bush but the shrub grows on ya

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-liked-bush-but-the-shrub-grows-on-ya/92109 "2001-11-08T02:45:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-liked-bush-but-the-shrub-grows-on-ya/92109/241 "2001-11-18T13:58:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by elucidator \*  
> \*\*A lot of people in Palm Beach were confused by thier ballots. Thinking to make themselves clear (after being **refused** replacement ballots) the wrote in the name “Al Gore”, thinking that this would make thier preference more clear. Strictly speaking, placing a name in the write-in slot as well as punching a hole, makes that an over-vote, and it gets chucked.
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> Unless, of course, Florida law as to the “intent of the voter” is invoked. Clearly, where the punched vote and the written-in vote is identical, the “intent of the voter” is evident.
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> Hence, the addition of several hundred Gore votes.\*\*

… and the addition of a good many Bush votes, too, right? My understanding is that that the overvotes in Palm Beach County gave neither candidate an advantage.

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