Those of us who were involved, or at least deeply interested, remember the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida like it was yesterday. National news outlets were flipping back and forth as to who won the State of Florida’s 25 electoral votes. But those of us ‘in the know’ weren’t watching television, but were glued to the Florida Division of Elections’ website. Even though almost the entire state had been counted, the fact that two precincts in Palm Beach County had still not reported gave us Democrats a glimmer of hope. These early-morning hours were spent constantly pressing the refresh button on my late 90s version of Netscape. But eventually, the networks caught wind of where the “real” results were and crashed the Division’s website. Bastards!

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