Quote Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
The people's voice was heard, Bush won the election and nothing "came under order" of anyone, Bush received more votes in Florida than Gore did. plain and simple, case closed
Not so much.

A complete manual recount was never issued. The Florida legislation declared a winner under what many believe to be false pretenses and the governor approved the decision.

I would have liked to see a manual recount myself. I don't often agree with the general population, but I do believe that in a democracy such as ours, the will of the people should be law, not the will of legislators.

If the votes were properly recounted, the will of the people would be done, regardless of the outcome. Chances are, yes, Bush would have won either way. However, it would have been nice to see that the people had their say.