Bush v. GoreBush v. Gore was a controversial case that was heard on December 11, 2000. This case decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election between Vice President Gore and Governor of Texas, George W. Bush. The election took place on November 7, 2000. Under our Electoral College system, each state votes separately for our new president, a winner is then declared in each state and receives "electoral votes" equal to the number of representatives of the state. in the House and Senate. Gore led Bush 266-246 and 270 votes are needed for victory. Florida, with 25 electoral votes, had no official winner because the result was within the margin of error of the automatic count. Gore knew the only way to figure this out was to manually recount the ballots from multiple counties. As Palm Beach County recounted its ballots, Florida Secretary Harris, a Republican and co-chairman of Florida Bush's campaign, officially certified Bush's election. In response to the ruling, Gore and Palm Beach filed suit against Bush and Harris in the Florida Supreme Court, demanding that the recount continue. On November 22, Bush appealed to the United States Supreme Court against the Palm Beach County canvassing board, stating that the decision violated a federal law requiring voters to have completed their elections at some point before the meeting of the electoral college. After many other lawsuits were filed orally. Arguments in Bush v. Gore were brought before the United States Supreme Court on December 11, 2000 by attorneys representing both sides. Due to the nature of the case, the court issued its opinion just 16 hours after hearing arguments. Bush's representation questioned whether the Florida recounts violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution? Because all votes were counted unevenly, with varying standards from county to county, where no recounts were done in counties where he could have a majority. Bush argued that the decision went against the Constitution, which states that “no state shall…. Deny to any person the equal protection of the laws. federal standard for counting votes. Gore also said ending recounts was not a good way to resolve this extraordinary dispute..