An election Web-site clearinghouse from NewsPlace To WH2000 [the campaign] as it was on Nov. 7
WhiteHouse 2000
ELECTION IN
OVERTIME
spoilers and see-saws,
the Electoral College (pro and con),
latest news
WhiteHouse 2000 ON ELECTION DAY, NOV. 7
HUMOR
Recount Humor (WH2000) (text section and
graphics section)
Political Humor Finds New Venue: Internet (The Hartford Courant)
[including an interview with Avi Bass, the creator of WhiteHouse 2000]
Web Site Focuses on Humor and More ([NIU] Northern Star)
["People are looking for something to laugh about," Bass said.]
Campaign humor
Supreme Court humor
HUMOR
TEXT SECTION
[ Florida: "We count more than you do." ]
"Bush wins 4-year battle, replaces Interim President Joe Torre"
"Bush Inaugural Theme Song"
(humor) [song parody]
["Don't know much about history. Don't know much foreign policy."]
Dubya's Lament: "My Own Worst Enemy"
(humor) [song parody]
"Dub" ("Lump" by the Presidents)
(humor) [song parody]
["He's Dub, He's Dub, He's Dub. He might be Prez."]
Song Parodies for the Recount (humor)
["The Yellow Rogue of Texas" and "The Ballad of the Bush Family"]
"Katherine, the servant of the Son of Poppy"
(humor)
"The Strange Third World Election" (humor)
["the self-declared winner was the son of the former prime minister"]
"UN focuses on turmoil in Amerijkanistan"
(humor)
"Great Authors on the Recount" (humor)
[parody poetry]
"Math in FL: Don't check your work" (humor)
[report on "New Math"]
"Palm Beach Hokey Pokey" (humor)
["you put your stylus in"]
Notice of Revocation of Independence (humor)
[Britain reclaims USA]
"Strom Thurmond Begins Preparing Cabinet" (The Onion)
(humor)
"Presidential Debate Transcript" (humor) [debate parody]
Top Ten Worst 2000 Presidential Campaign Jobs (humor)
["10) John McCain's Therapist - 9) Ralph Nader's Jester"]
Election Chaos 2000 (Modern Humorist)
(humor) [Florida tall tales]
"If They Could Vote with Their Minds" (humor) [commentary]
"How the Grinch Stole Election Day" (Slate) [poetic parody]
Election 2000 (Political Humor at About.com) [an assortment]
HUMOR
GRAPHICS SECTION
[ Florida: "Relax, Retire, ReVote." ]
"What's the difference between Al Gore and a
puppy?"
(humor)
Ballot 1:
"Vote in Palm Beach and watch your vote count"
(interactive, humor)
Ballot 2:
"Vote and have the Floridian experience"
(interactive, humor)
"If Bush wins" (adult humor) [Time magazine parody]
Distort the future president (interactive, humor) [computer
art]
Throw a Pie at Bush or Gore
(interactive, humor) [animation]
Chad-Free voting with the Bingo Ballot (interactive, humor)
"Elmo's new Florida Ballot" (humor) [Fisher-Price simplicity]
"How the Gorinch almost stole Florida" (humor) [movie poster]
"Electile Dysfunction" (adult humor) [cartoon]
Offficial Seal of the U.S. Democratic Party (humor) [crybaby]
Credit-card ad parody (anti-Gore) (humor)
"Voting for Dummies" (humor)
[a guide for Florida residents]
"Bush's Premature Dance" (humor) [animation, music]
"The Bush-Gore Dance" (humor) [animation, music]
"Un-Presidented" (Cagle) (humor) [editorial cartoons]
"The Florida Ballot" and other Florida cartoons (humor)
Photo Album of the Campaign
(humor) [moments better forgotten]
THE RECOUNT
STATE, FEDERAL, HIGHER
THE RECOUNT
HIGHER LEVEL
[ Florida: "Wanted: One fat lady
to sing." ]
St. Chad, patron saint of disputed elections [religious belief]
The Likelihood of Altering the Outcome by Recounting [mathematics]
Bush and Gore are neck-and-neck in hypocrisy [morality]
"The weird guest list if it's a Bush inauguration" [circumstance]
"The most impressive idea of the Founding Fathers" [the First
Amendment]
"Who Wants to be Politically Aware?" (Kid News) [quiz game mania]
THE RECOUNT
FEDERAL LEVEL
[ Florida: "Go visit one
of the other 62 states!!!" ]
Gore 267, Bush 246; Florida's 25 are being contested; need 270
Popular vote nationally and state by state (CNN) [full results]
Map of how all of the states voted (U.S. News) [graphic]
Florida Cases (U.S. Supreme Court) [filings, transcripts, rulings]
Official Dec. 1 hearing transcript [complete text]
"Count Every Vote" [collection of mini-posters]
"U.S. Supreme Court, We Are Outraged!!!" [pro-count petition]
"Federal transition funds remain in limbo" [awaiting resolution]
More spoiled ballots in USA than winner's margin [professor's
estimate]
The Gore-Lieberman campaign's official site [fundraiser]
The Bush-Cheney campaign's official site [fundraiser]
Boycott Florida travel and Florida citrus fruit (Democrats.com)
[call for action]
Supreme Court TV [constitutional law professor argues in favor]
Jeb Bush may be able to break a tie to make his brother president
THE RECOUNT
STATE LEVEL
[ Florida: "We're No. 1. Wait a minute...!
Recount!" ]
Presidential Election Cases (Florida Supreme Court)
[filings, rulings]
Related lower court rulings [full texts]
Justice in Florida (Democrats.com) [court reports, analysis]
Florida recount vote, county by county (AP) [a table]
Presidential votes disqualified in Florida [a table]
Count Our Votes (Florida Democratic Party) [form to send e-mail]
Punch-cards underrepresent votes in low-income communities [report]
Investigating voter fraud and racial profiling (NAACP)
The Palm Beach County "Butterfly" Ballot [a photograph]
Petition Katherine Harris and George W. Bush (Act for Change)
"Call for a Re-vote in Florida" (People for the American Way)
Report a voting problem in Florida or elsewhere (Gore)
Congress might get two Electoral reports from FL [analysis]
OR for Gore, NM now too close, recounts? in IA & WI (MSNBC)
Election Laws and Procedures (State of Florida)
"U.S. vote even more puzzling to immigrants" [widespread puzzlement]
SPOILERS & SEE-SAWS
The Nader & Buchanan Factors [influential in 4
states]
Election see-saw not a first [Presidents Harrison, Hayes and Truman]
THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
THE FUTURE [PRO AND
CON]
Senator wants amendment to the Constitution
"Abolish the Electoral College" (League of Women Voters)
Support for Abolishing Electoral College (Citizens for True Democracy)
"In Defense of the Electoral College" (Cato Institute)
"Fixing the Electoral College," Arthur Schlesinger Jr. [viewpoint]
"Coming to terms with democracy as it was intended" [analysis]
"Chaos, confusion and other glories of the American system" [analysis]
"Direct Democracy a dangerously primitive system [analysis]
The Constitution [see Article II section 1 as amended]
The Electoral College [WH2000 links on how it
works]
THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
THE PRESENT
Electoral College meets Dec. 18.
Congress counts the votes Jan. 6.
Scenario in Florida to be ready for the Electoral College
Is Cheney a resident of Texas? [case made in court]
Bush-Lieberman: A solution for Congress [commentary]
Tell the Bush Electors to Vote with America
"Electoral College need not include Florida" (The New York Times)
"What if the Electoral College is tied at 269?" [procedure]
Election cartoon movie [including the Electoral College]
THE LATEST NEWS
Orvetti Report [election news in brief]
Today's Political Briefing (PoliticalInsider) [a news summary]
Salon: Politics [a summary of news and analysis]
PurePolitics.com [news index]
More updates
Sites for "news-only" Web searches
Newspapers and networks (NewsPlace)
[a Web directory]
Americans Distrust Government, but Want It to Do More (NPR)
"A Web page drenched with jokes and ironies,"
(NIU) Northern Star
Grammar Matters
Professor Avi Bass
(abass@niu.edu), Northern Illinois University