The correct answer is Florida. During the election, there was a period of vote recounting<span> in </span>Florida<span> that occurred during the weeks after </span>Election Day. <span> The Florida vote was ultimately settled in Bush's favor by a margin of 537 votes when the </span>U.S. Supreme Court<span>, in </span>Bush v. Gore<span>, put to a halt a recount that had been initiated upon a ruling by the </span>Florida Supreme Court<span>.</span>