Theresa LePore

[2][3][4] Following the controversial results of the 2000 election, she lost her re-election bid in September 2004 and left office in January 2005.

[8] After leaving the Supervisor of Elections Office in January 2005, she was employed by the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office for a short period, enabling her to receive her full pension from Palm Beach County.

She then worked at her alma mater, Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach as director of development[9] until January 2009.

LePore has been a member of the following organizations: In 2000, to accommodate the large number of presidential candidates eligible in Florida, LePore designed a staggered two-page format with candidate names on alternating sides of a central punch button column.

[11] A 2024 study by The New York Times described it as "a slam dunk" that, all else being equal, the ballot design swung the election to George W.

Theresa LePore
"Butterfly ballot" from Palm Beach County, 2000 election