Remember the censure of Professor Lance deHaven-Smith from the Florida State Library conference back in October 2002?
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DeHaven-Smith wrote that Al Gore got the most votes in Florida and would have been declared the winner if the state had been allowed to recount all uncounted ballots. Three days later, he got word that he was out as a luncheon speaker for a state library conference to be held in Tallahassee.
Professor deHaven Smith’s new book
The Battle For Florida: An Annotated Compendium Of Materials From The 2000 Presidential Election edited by Lance dehaven-Smith. University Press of Florida , 2005 demonstrates why Jeb Bush’s administration would not let him speak at the state library conference.
From Research in Review Magazine interview with Professor Lance deHaven-Smith, Florida State University, Fall/Winter 2005:
It’s an embarrassing outcome for George Bush because it showed that Gore had gotten more votes….if you look at where those votes occurred, they were in predominantly black precincts. And (when you look at) the history of black voting in Florida, these are people that have been disenfranchised, intimidated.
“Drawing on classical political philosophy and modern democratic theory, deHaven-Smith traces the election breakdown to partisanship in the system of election administration, flaws in the U.S. Constitution, and weaknesses in the nation’s civic culture. His account of the election and its aftermath provides a closely documented analysis of what happened in Florida and a discussion of critical importance to public officials, election activists, scholars of the presidency, and students of African-American and minority politics.”