Yes the process was followed in the 2000 election because electors were chosen and they voted in the Electoral College. According to Article II Section 1"Congress may determine the Time of Chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States." Florida had to have their electors chosen by December 12th. The state of Florida set up their own system in advance of Dec 12th to have the election happen and leave enough time for recounts. There were so many court cases and ballots that were contested that they got close to the national deadline and it had to be resolved which it was. The Florida Supreme ruled on December 8th that all of the undervotes in the state had to be recounted but the U.S. Supreme Court stopped all recounts on Dec.9th. Bush's electors were chosen and voted for President.
As far as the electoral college, I believe it is not a good way to elect a President in today's world. I believe this because the system was created 235 years ago when our country was just beginning. The Founders did not trust everyone to vote which doesn't apply today. People are more educated about the government and what is going on when in the beginning most people weren't even educated at all. Yes, we have grown as a country in the past 235 years. Woman and minority were eventually allowed to vote. The electoral college has a possibility of electing a minority president which has happened in the past elections. So even if one president got the popular vote from the people, he still had a chance of losing. Other CONS of the electoral college system are that electors elected from political parties do "pledge" into their parties but don't have to keep their word with their vote and have to trust word of the elector and hope he doesn't change his mind, also it's a failure to accurately reflect the national popular will. I believe that the electoral college is outdated and the voting should just be put into popular vote.
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