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Crowd members hold up a sign reading "Vote" as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Orlando Sanford International Airport on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Shawn Moore of Orlando, Fla., holds on to his copy of the book by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as he bends down to pick up a sign he dropped while waiting for Mr. Romney to appear at a campaign event at the Orlando Sanford International Airport on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A member of the crowd holds a United States flag behind bleachers after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a speech at a campaign event at Shady Brook Farm on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Morrisville, Pa. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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An election judge uses a magnifying glass to inspect a ballot during a recount after the 2000 presidential election.

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In this Nov. 15, 2000, photo, the then-Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, prepares to make a statement from the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, concerning the Florida vote count. The mere mention of the 2000 election unsettles people in Palm Beach County. The county's poorly designed "butterfly ballot" confused thousands of voters, arguably costing Democratic Vice President Al Gore the state and, thereby, the presidency. Mr. Gore won the national popular vote by more than a half-million ballots, but Mr. Bush became president after the Supreme Court decided, 5-4, to halt further Florida recounts, more than a month after Election Day. Mr. Bush carried the state by 537 votes, enough for an Electoral College edge — and the White House. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Vice President Al Gore (right), the Democratic presidential candidate, stands with his running mate, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, as he makes a statement from his home in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000, regarding the Florida recount controversy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Thomas D. Hall, clerk of the Florida Supreme Court, looks over a stack of pleadings filed with the court since Nov. 15, 2000, in Tallahassee, Fla., as the justices continue on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, to deliberate on the certification of the Florida presidential vote by the secretary of state. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, Pool)

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Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certifies the state's election during a news conference on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2000, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

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Protesters hold signs and flags in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday, Dec. 11, 2000. The court will hear arguments on an appeal by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, to stop the hand recount of presidential ballots in Florida. The court ordered the recount stopped on Saturday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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A voter slides a paper ballot into one of the machines at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. According to site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when early voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A voter slides a paper ballot into one of the voting machines at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. According to voter site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when the early voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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D.C. residents Kerry Knight (left) and Pinar Arcan take advantage of early voting at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Knight said he just finds it easier to vote early, while Ms. Arcan originally thought she would be out of town on Election Day, but since she already has decided from whom she is voting, she thought this would be more relaxing. According to voter site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when the voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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D.C. residents take advantage of early voting at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. According to voter site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when the voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The shadow of Robert R. Black (left), a voter assistant clerk, is seen as he hands a "I Voted Today" sticker to a voter at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. According to site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when the early voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Washington residents take advantage of early voting at Judiciary Square in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. According to voter site officials, some 2,400 voters had voted here since Monday, when the voting opened. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Election Judge Sharon Myles of Largo, Md., welcomes voters as hundreds of people turn out for early voting at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)