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=={{anchor|2000 Presidential Election}}2000 United States presidential election controversy==
{{see also|2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida}}

In the [[2000 United States presidential election in Florida]], many [[List of counties in Florida|of the state's counties]] used [[Voting machine#Punched card voting|Votomatic-style]] punched card ballots where incompletely punched holes resulted in partially punched chads: either a "hanging chad", where one or more corners were still attached, or a "fat chad" or "pregnant chad", where all corners were still attached, but an indentation appears to have been made. These votes were not counted by the tabulating machines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/13/got.here/index.html |title=How we got here: A timeline of the Florida recount |date=December 13, 2000 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611112919/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/13/got.here/index.html |archive-date=2009-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/16/recount.chads/|title='Hanging chads' often viewed by courts as sign of voter intent|last=Jackson|first=Brooks|date=November 16, 2000|publisher=CNN|access-date=2009-05-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611112914/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/16/recount.chads/|archive-date=June 11, 2009}}</ref> The aftermath of the controversy (''[[Bush v. Gore]]'') caused the rapid discontinuance of punch card ballots in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voting Equipment Database – ES&S Votomatic |url=https://verifiedvoting.org/election-system/ess-votomatic/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Verified Voting |language=en-US}}</ref>