Recount

Year: 2008

Runtime: 116 mins

Language: English

Director: Jay Roach

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The 2000 U.S. presidential election hinged on a thin margin in Florida, where a hot recount of millions of ballots revealed the “hanging chad.” The battle over those votes between George W. Bush and Al Gore captured the nation’s attention and, after the Supreme Court stopped the recount, cemented “hanging chad” in American politics.

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