--- description: Many of the items relating to the controversial election between George W. Bush and Al Gore have been preserved at the State Archives and the Old Capitol Museum in Tallahassee Photographs are by title: Remnants of Florida's 2000 Recount image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) # Remnants of Florida's 2000 Recount by [TIME](/author/time/) Nov 24, 2010 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Nov 24, 2010 5:00 AM CUT Many of the items relating to the controversial election between George W. Bush and Al Gore have been preserved at the State Archives and the Old Capitol Museum in TallahasseePhotographs are by Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Infamous  Hanging 'chads' on a Miami-Dade County 2000 general election ballot Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### In the Box  A Palm Beach County voting booth Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Ready to Punch  A Palm Beach County butterfly ballot Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Deep Storage  Shelves Containing 2000 election-related materials Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Thrown Out But Saved  A box of ballots on shelf Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Red Tape  Boxes of Palm Beach County undercount ballots Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Unspoiled and Unused  A Palm Beach County sample absentee ballot (voided) and punch tool Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Lock and Key  A Florida ballot box Dwight Eschliman for TIME ### Angry Letter  Correspondence containing torn-up voter registration cards sent to the then-Secretary of State Katherine Harris Dwight Eschliman for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7058641/remnants-of-floridas-2000-recount/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7058641/remnants-of-floridas-2000-recount/"},"headline":"Remnants of Florida's 2000 Recount","datePublished":"2010-11-24T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:45:32.262Z","description":"Many of the items relating to the controversial election between George W. Bush and Al Gore have been preserved at the State Archives and the Old Capitol Museum in Tallahassee Photographs are by","url":"https://time.com/archive/7058641/remnants-of-floridas-2000-recount/","keywords":["LightBox"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7058641/remnants-of-floridas-2000-recount/","name":"Remnants of Florida's 2000 Recount"}}]}] ```