Unfortunately for Gore, the proof came too late. Florida, under the leadership of Bush's brother, purged their voter rolls of nearly 58,000 felons using very loose guidelines in determining who was a felon. Because of the loose guidelines, it turned out the list was seriously flawed. It included people never convicted of a felony, but their name matched, or closely matched, the name of a felon. Many were convicted of felonies in other states but not in Florida, where they were legally allowed to vote. Many were convicted of misdemeanors but still eligible to vote. The state sent the list to each of the counties. Some chose not to use the list but most did. They ultimately found over 5000 black voters who were on that list but shouldn't have been, they were legally eligible to vote but were disenfranchised. Gore received 90% of the votes from black voters that year. Bush won the state by just 537 votes.