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Some critics have alleged that Florida's majority vote for President Bush was flawed. The Herald counted the votes in three North Florida counties and found little discrepancy. BY MEG LAUGHLIN AND DAVID KIDWELL mlaughlin@herald.com LAKE BUTLER - Since George W. Bush captured Florida and the White House again, critics have fixed their sights on northern pockets of the Sunshine State and asked: How did the Republicans win so heavily in counties stocked with Democrats? Some wondered whether Florida's tally was corrupt, with one Internet site writing: ``George W. Bush's vote tallies, especially in the key state of Florida, are so...

GROVELAND, Fla. -- The state that is the king of bizarre election finishes added another page to its quirky electoral history Friday: a city council race decided by a coin toss. G.P. Sloan, 77, and Richard Flynn, 75, each received 689 votes in the Nov. 2 election. No one emerged a winner after two recounts, so the candidates and three dozen supporters gathered for a coin flip Friday in the community center of this town of 4,400 residents located 25 miles west of Orlando. The city manager flipped a bicentennial dollar coin, and Flynn shouted "Heads." City manager Jason Yarborough...

Posted on Tue, Nov. 09, 2004 Judge Rejects ACLU Ballot-Count Suit CATHERINE WILSON Associated Press MIAMI - Election officials in two Florida counties will not be required to count absentee ballots returned after the polls closed on Election Day, regardless of what problems caused the ballots to be mailed late to voters, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union had asked in a lawsuit for an emergency order requiring Miami-Dade and Broward officials to count the late ballots. The uncounted ballots would not change the outcome of the presidential race in Florida, where President Bush defeated Sen....

Minutes after a piece of concrete block was thrown through a window at the Alachua County Republican headquarters early this morning, a man was arrested and told officers he was upset about the election. The incident occured about 3:15 a.m. today at 1212 N. Main Street in the Gainesville Shopping Center, said Sgt. Keith Kameg of the Gainesville Police Department. He said two people were inside the building watching election returns and saw the man walk up and throw the block. The people, Nicholas Biltz, 27, and Katherine Vitale, 19, both of Gainesville, were not injured. "They gave a very...

Wolf just called it for Bush...

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CLEVELAND — Thousands of people who are registered voters in Ohio and Florida possibly could vote twice in the presidential election through use of absentee ballots, The Plain Dealer reported Sunday. An investigation of voter rolls in the two key battleground states found that some double voting has occurred previously and could go undetected Tuesday, the newspaper said. Many states have only just begun to compile statewide voter registration lists to comply with a 2002 federal voting law. Such lists allow state officials to find double registrations within a state, but states rarely coordinate with one another. Virtually nothing prevents...

WASHINGTON — Florida again. And Ohio and Iowa and New Mexico and maybe Wisconsin or one or two other battleground states. All are possible settings for a replay of the court contests and recounts that marked the 2000 election. The neck-and-neck presidential election could end, as it almost always has through American history, with a clear winner and a gracious loser on Election Night. But armies of lawyers are ready for the alternative with an eye to fighting several Florida-style postelection legal wars at once. Lawyers set up command posts in key states weeks ago, and they have already filed...

Freelance Journalist Arrested After Photographing Voting Lines POSTED: 6:10 am EST November 1, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said. James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque tackled him, the Palm Beach Post reported. The...

Freelance journalist arrested after photographing voting lines Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said.James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque tackled him, the Palm Beach Post reported.The deputy pinned Henry, 54, to the ground,...

Journalist Arrested After Photographing Voting Lines POSTED: 6:10 AM EST November 1, 2004 UPDATED: 12:47 PM EST November 1, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said. James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., (pictured, left) was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque...

[DNC logo} IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE To all Republican Party Election Day poll watchers: Your name has been filed to serve as a poll watcher on Election Day, on behalf of the Republican Party or a Republican candidate. The Democratic Party recognizes the legal rights of poll watchers, under Florida Election Law, to perform their lawful duties. We want to make sure that all poll watchers recognize the importance of their role in this process and understand the repercussions for abusing that role. As a poll watcher, you have the ability to protect one of the most sacred rights of our...

Especially if you live in big cities so we can tape any incidents because mikey will edit out all the rat wrongdoing.

Early Voting w/ Colonel Bud Day Where: Water-Sewer Building 1804 Lewis Turner Blvd Fort Walton, FL When: Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:00pm Event Ends: Thursday, October 28, 2004 What: Colonel Bud Day will be leading a host of Vets to the polls to vote for President Bush this Thursday at 4:00 pm at the Water-Sewer Building (1804 Lewis Turner Blvd) in Fort Walton. We want to encourage you and all other Bush Supporting Veterans to come out this Thursday afternoon to cast your votes for the President. Col. Day will be there at 4:00 to greet all of...

Election violence surfaces in South Florida Published Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Sean Salai Election-related violence is on the rise this week in South Florida as impassioned Republicans and Democrats duke it out at rallies and the polls. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans and Independents in Palm Beach County, where voters last week began casting early ballots for the Nov. 2 general election, and strained feelings are already leading to hostility. In Boca Raton this weekend, county Republicans filled out police reports for shattered car windows at a Friday rally and a vandalism incident Sunday night at their headquarters. “I’ve never...

Fabiola Armitage is back on television, only instead of a campaign ad the focus has been on her mugshot. Armitage is a Kerry supporter and a strong believer in stem cell research. She's featured in an advertisement urging Floridians to vote against Amendment 3 on this year's ballot. The amendment would cap how much money a lawyer can make from a medical malpractice lawsuit. St. Johns County Sheriff Deputies arrested Armitage for grand theft and battery this week. They say she had 78 campaign signs supporting George Bush and Mel Martinez in her trunk. Armitage tells First Coast News that...

Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment Reference: Article X, Section 19 Summary: This amendment repeals an amendment in the Florida Constitution that requires the Legislature, the Cabinet and the Governor to proceed with the development and operation of a high speed ground transportation system by the state and/or by a private entity. Sponsor: Derail the Bullet Train (DEBT) 610 South Boulevard Tampa, FL 33606-0000 (813) 254-3369 Contact: David L. Goodstein, Chairperson 18635 Sea Turtle Lane Boca Raton, FL 33498-0000

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Floridians will get to settle the long-running battle between advocates of the privacy rights of pregnant girls seeking abortions and supporters of the rights of parents to know about them. Since 1988, lawmakers have passed three laws requiring either parental consent or parental notice for minor abortions. One was vetoed and two were found unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. So the Legislature wants to trump Florida's high court by getting voters to change the state constitution. The ballot measure facing voters on Nov. 2 would limit the privacy rights of girls under age 18 to...

I know the baseball playoffs are on, but...FYI..starting at 7pm est, C-span 2 televising live senatorial campagn debates from 7pm South Carolina, 8pm South Dakota, and 9pm Florida.( All times EST) This is NOT a discussion thread, just an announcement. However, De Mint has got to do much better than Sunday on MTP..NO APOLOGIES..and..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct aren't entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters. The court said that the law clearly states that provisional ballots must be counted only if the person was entitled to vote "at the precinct," and that the constitution gives the Legislature the authority to dictate voting rules. Under Florida law, if a voter shows up at a polling place but officials there have no record of them being registered,...

John Stafford, Duval County's Supervisor Of Elections, has sent a letter to the Governor saying he was resigning for medical reasons effective today.

Problems were being reported at nine of 14 early voting sites in Broward County on Monday morning. Gisela Salas, of the Broward Elections Office, said workers were having problems with a live database connection that is used to verify that a voter is properly registered.

I just recieved my sample ballot in Florida, and thought it would be a good idea to discuss the consitutional amendments proposed within it. If it's ok with the moderators, I'd like to do one per day until the election. Some of the interpretation is lost on me, and I assume that others may suffer the same. Without further ado. No. 1 Constitutional Amendment Article X, Section 22. Article X Miscellaneous Section 22. Parental notice of termination of a minor's pregnancy. The legislature shall not limit or deny the privacy right guaranteed to a minor under the United States Constitution...

This is a thread to consolidate all of the commentary on the Florida message board concerning the Constitutional Amendments up for ratification on November 2nd. Please keep this thread focused on the amendments but feel free to start other discussion threads. Help us all make informed decisions on election day!

This is a thread to consolidate all of the commentary on the Florida message board concerning the judges up for election on November 2nd. Please keep this thread focused on the judiciary but feel free to start other discussion threads. Help us all make informed decisions on election day!

Judge Orders Nader off Florida ballot The Associated Press Updated: 3:08 p.m. ET Sept. 15, 2004 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ralph Nader is again off Florida’s presidential ballot, at least for now. Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey on Wednesday ordered that Nader’s name be removed from the November ballot, finding that the Reform Party — which nominated Nader — isn’t a legitimate party under state law. Davey also ordered that four counties that have already mailed absentee ballots listing Nader send out amended ballots without his name. Davey had issued a temporary order last week keeping the consumer advocate off the...