In the election of 2000,when a court-ordered deadline for the Florida recount arrived,the Florida secretary of state certified Bush the winner in Florida by a little more than 500 votes,even though the recount was not complete.

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This statement is true. The court-ordered deadline for the Florida recount was December 12, 2000, and at that time the Florida secretary of state, Katherine Harris, certified George W. Bush as the winner in Florida by a margin of 537 votes. The recount was halted and the results were not fully determined. This decision was later challenged in court by Al Gore, but ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore.

In the Election of 2000,when a Court-Ordered Deadline for the Florida