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A federal court in Tallahassee struck down a Florida law that listed the governor’s party first on all ballots, which Democrats argued gave Republicans a significant advantage in a state where the two biggest races in 2018 were both within 0.4 percentage points. In his ruling, District Court Judge Mark Walker issued a permanent injunction against the law, stating it violates both the First and 14th amendments of the Constitution. “Florida’s ballot order statute is not neutral; instead, it affects Plaintiffs’ rights in a politically discriminatory way,” Walker wrote. “… It is difficult to imagine what other purpose it could...

Tommy Thompson Wins Linn County Straw Poll Former Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate, Tommy Thompson won the Linn County Straw Poll held today at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Governor Tommy Thompson won with 33% of the vote. All Republican presidential candidates were included in the straw poll. [NOTE: This includes the unannonced candidate Fred Thompson, who received 2.7% of vote amoung Linn County Republicans] "Linn County is Iowa's second largest county and is traditionally a bellwether county. Today's victory reflects the strong grassroots campaign that Governor Thompson is building in Iowa," said Chad Olsen, Iowa campaign...

Residents of Ohio's largest county, Cuyahoga, who are voting by absentee ballot this year have to solve a brainteaser. They were each given a ballot with candidates' names, arrows pointing to the right and small numbers. And they each got a punch card with hundreds of little boxes and a number inside each one. A voter is supposed to ignore the arrows on the ballot - which appear to be there by mistake - and punch out the chad in the box on the punch card whose number corresponds to the candidate selected. If, instead, the voter follows the arrow...

In a situation reminiscent of the infamous butterfly-ballot troubles in Florida during the 2000 election, a similar ballot in the battleground state of Ohio is set to equally confuse voters of that state, with President Bush's supporters claiming it puts their candidate at a distinct disadvantage. The box for voters to punch on the Cuyahoga County ballot to choose Democrat John Kerry for president is directly across from his name. The box to punch for Bush, however, is nowhere near his name on the ballot.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 1 (AP) - Theresa LePore, the official whose confusing butterfly ballot design contributed to the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election and became the butt of jokes on late-night talk shows, lost her bid for re-election Tuesday. With all 692 precincts reporting, a challenger for her post as Palm Beach County elections supervisor, Arthur Anderson, had 91,134 votes, or 52 percent, while Ms. LePore had 85,601, or 48 percent. Ms. LePore declined to meet with reporters early Wednesday, but as the polls closed Tuesday she said she was too busy overseeing the counting of ballots...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The passionate rants of Democrats during the 2000 election recount are again being heard in this home of the infamous butterfly ballot, except this time, they're centered on a countywide race that typically would receive only a mention in local newspapers. At the center of the clamor is the woman who some blame for starting all the chaos in 2000, Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach County elections chief who created the confusing ballot. Some voters said the ballot design, which listed the names of presidential candidates on opposing pages, caused them to mistakenly vote for...

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<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Theresa LePore, the architect of the butterfly ballot and a bane of Florida Democrats, announced that she will seek another term as elections supervisor for Palm Beach County in 2004.</p> <p>The butterfly ballot, which flummoxed voters in Election 2000 so badly that it took the Supreme Court to sort it out, left Miss LePore disparaged nationally by her fellow Democrats.</p>

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002--Books & Company is pleased to announce that former Vice President and best-selling author Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, will make an appearance in conjunction with the new release of their books, "Joined at the Heart" and "The Spirit of Family," on Monday, November 25, at 7:00 p.m. Books & Company is located in the newly remodeled Brookwood Village. Al and Tipper Gore have long considered family their bedrock and have spent many years studying the nature of the American family. Combining personal insight and expert opinions, historical and global perspectives, "Joined at the...

<p>MIAMI (AP) -- The federal government agreed Friday to provide monitors to watch for civil rights violations at the polls in several Florida counties during the Nov. 5 election.</p> <p>Florida Secretary of State Jim Smith had asked for help from the Justice Department to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 10 primary, when some vote tallies were delayed for days and some polling places did not open on time.</p>