On this date in 2001, the United States Commission on Civil Rights, headed by Mary Frances Berry, issued the results of its six-month study of the November 2000 presidential election.
The report concluded that minority voters were disenfranchised by the methods used in the Florida election. It noted that Blacks were ten times more likely than whites to have their ballots rejected, and Black voting districts were disproportionately hindered by old and error-prone voting equipment.
