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Every Vote Counts 1

> Every vote in every state counts tomorrow. Don’t believe us?
> Consider these historical facts picked up from the Karen Heumann
> for State Assembly (California’s 75th district) campaign
> newsletter.
>
> * In 1839 and 1842, Marcus “Landslide” Morton was elected governor
> of Massachusetts by one vote.
>
> * Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in 1876 by one vote.
>
> * In 1941, the active-service component of the draft was extended
> by a margin of one vote.
>
> * In 2000, of 105.8 million ballots cast for the Republican and
> Democrat candidates, George W. Bush beat Al Gore by an official
> margin of 537 votes cast in Florida.

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