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Recount

2/28/2021

Twenty Years Ago, Rioters Tried to Stop a Presidential Vote Count – and Succeeded

by Robert Brent Toplin

On November 22, 2000 a mob succeeded in deciding a presidential election.

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Recount

Twenty Years Ago, Rioters Tried to Stop a Presidential Vote Count – and Succeeded

by Robert Brent Toplin