I am really glad that we watched this because it better helps me understand what had happen in the Gore v.s. Bush election.
They gave us some good background information about Florida and who was "allowed " to vote.
The movie said that they were trying to find ways to deny African Americans the right to vote. They put in the law that if you were a felon or an ex felon you did not have the right to vote, hoping to take a large percent of the black community. They also did things like match people who had similar names up with to people who had committed a felony.
Then the talked about the recount in Florida for the 2004 elections, and how it was very possible that there had been people tampering with the ballots. They also talked about how the new computer voting system, and how with a click of a button some ones vote can be changed.
I thought it was a very interesting movie and I am glad that we had got the chance to watch it.
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