supervisor in palm beach that wouldn t answer the phone. we literally had to knock down the doors when we found out what was going on behind butterfly ballot. bob: more trouble was brewing at the television news net boxer. they said once the polls are cloud you can call the election but we wouldn t want you to unduly influence voters that are still waiting to vote. the consortium that tald tarl i had the votes showed gore ahead of bush. it said that based on their projection, gore was going to win florida. john moody was in charge of the decision desk that night. florida is one of those rare states that has two closing times, it was 7:00 and 8:00 local time. the call was made 11 minutes