The "floor" vote shows the rolling roll-call vote. The "hard" count shows the original preferences.

Friday, August 4, 2000, Closing Commentary: LAYING DOWN THE GAUNTLET... the Fifth and Final Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thursday, August 3, 2000, Day 4 Commentary: "OVER THE TOP" FOR THE TEXAN... the Fourth Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thursday, August 3, 2000, Transcript: Governor George Bush's Acceptance Speech

Following the rolling roll call vote, the nomination was made unanimous by a voice vote.

Rolling Roll Call - 3 August 2000 Bush Keyes McCain Abstention carryover from August 2 1,042 6 1 1 CALIFORNIA 162 FLORIDA 80 GEORGIA 54 ILLINOIS 74 INDIANA 55 KENTUCKY 31 MISSOURI 35 NEW JERSEY 54 NEW YORK 101 NORTH CAROLINA 62 OHIO 69 PENNSYLVANIA 78 SOUTH CAROLINA 37 TEXAS 124 August 3 Total 2,058 6 1 1

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Day 3 Commentary: PATCHING UP CRACKS IN THE BASE... the Third Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Transcript: Secretary Richard Cheney's Acceptance Speech

Rolling Roll Call - 2 August 2000 Bush Keyes McCain Abstention carryover from August 1 659 6 1 1 NORTH DAKOTA 19 OHIO pass OKLAHOMA 38 OREGON 24 PENNSYLVANIA pass PUERTO RICO 14 RHODE ISLAND 14 SOUTH CAROLINA pass SOUTH DAKOTA 22 TENNESSEE 37 TEXAS pass UTAH 29 VERMONT 12 VIRGINIA 56 VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 WASHINGTON 37 WEST VIRGINIA 18 WISCONSIN 37 WYOMING 22 George W. Bush is formally nominated with 1,042 votes. August 2 Total 1,042 6 1 1

Tuesday, August 1, 2000, Day 2 Commentary: RE-INVENTING THE ELEPHANT... the Second Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Rolling Roll Call - 1 August 2000 Bush Keyes McCain Abstention carryover from July 31 283 5 KANSAS 35 KENTUCKY pass LOUISIANA 29 MAINE 14 MARYLAND 31 MASSACHUSETTS 35 1 1 MICHIGAN 58 MINNESOTA 33 1 MISSISSIPPI 33 MISSOURI pass MONTANA 23 NEBRASKA 30 NEVADA 17 NEW HAMPSHIRE 17 NEW JERSEY pass NEW MEXICO 21 NEW YORK pass NORTH CAROLINA pass August 1 Total 659 6 1 1

Monday, July 31, 2000, Day 1 Commentary: SETTING THE STAGE... the First Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Rolling Roll Call - 31 July 2000 Bush Keyes ALABAMA 44 ALASKA 23 AMER.SAMOA 4 ARIZONA 30 ARKANSAS 19 5 CALIFORNIA pass COLORADO 40 CONNECTICUT 25 DELAWARE 12 DIST. OF COL. 15 FLORIDA pass GEORGIA pass GUAM 4 HAWAII 14 IDAHO 28 ILLINOIS pass INDIANA pass IOWA 25 July 31 Total 283 5

Monday, July 31, 2000, Introductory Commentary: ELEPHANTS AND BUNTING GALORE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE... the 37th Republican National Convention gets ready to open for business

Tuesday, July 25, 2000, Commentary: I WANT A VEEP JUST LIKE A VEEP WHO'LL RUN LIKE DEAR OLD DAD... Richard B. Cheney as the Republican vice-presidential candidate

The 37th REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION will have a total of 2066 delegates, with 1034 (a majority) necessary in order for a Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate to be nominated.

The rules for the 2000 Republican National Convention call for the following formula for determining the number of delegates: