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Florida nudists voting rights
Tampa Tribune ^ | October 31, 2008 | Geoff Fox

Posted on 10/31/2008 8:47:55 PM PDT by GILTN1stborn

LAND O' LAKES - Whether they're cooking, cleaning, watching TV or playing tennis, nudists like to be nude.

Same goes for voting.

People at the upscale, clothing-optional Caliente Resorts off U.S. 41 want to establish the first clothing-optional polling place in the country. Most voters who live at Caliente exercise their rights at a nearby subdivision, where clothing isn't optional.

Although there's no concrete data on how many nudists live in the area, state Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, has estimated that Pasco County has 12,000 "nude votes."

The resort wants to make it easier for Caliente residents and members of the surrounding nudist community to vote, said Caliente spokeswoman Angye Fox.

Resort officials have floated the idea of a clothing-optional polling place by Brian Corley, Pasco County's supervisor of elections. But Corley said he isn't willing to "even consider" opening additional sites until after the 2010 redistricting.

Officials with the American Association for Nude Recreation, which provides lobbying and marketing efforts to about 260 member resorts, said they know of no clothing-optional polling places in the United States. Caliente is not an AANR member.

State law wouldn't prohibit a clothing-optional polling station, said Jennifer Davis, a spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office.

"That would be up to the local supervisor," she said.

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comment made by radio news reporter was "talk about hanging chads"

I say...maybe they need a few extra nuts and should contact acorn for assistance

1 posted on 10/31/2008 8:47:55 PM PDT by GILTN1stborn
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To: GILTN1stborn

..ah ah errr, that's OK ma'am wasn't the ID I was looking for

2 posted on 10/31/2008 8:51:17 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: GILTN1stborn
what about stuffing the ballot box?
3 posted on 10/31/2008 8:51:23 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
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To: GILTN1stborn

WHERES THE PICS!??!!


4 posted on 10/31/2008 8:53:05 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: GILTN1stborn

I wonder if there would be a pole tax?


5 posted on 10/31/2008 8:53:24 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Safrguns

I don’t think we want to see the pictures.


6 posted on 10/31/2008 8:57:21 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: GILTN1stborn

Well, you know if they have any brains they will support McCain (have you seen Cindy) and Sarah Palin. Do nudists really want to invite Michelle and Barack over for hot dogs? My eyes!


7 posted on 10/31/2008 8:59:27 PM PDT by Defiant (NY Times carried the world's commies on its back but then...... Ad-Less Shrugged)
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To: GILTN1stborn

Read my lips. No. Bad. Naked.


8 posted on 10/31/2008 9:07:44 PM PDT by RichInOC (Beware the naked man who says he has a package for you.)
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To: GILTN1stborn
People at the upscale, clothing-optional Caliente Resorts off U.S. 41 want to establish the first clothing-optional polling place in the country

All you have to do is pull the lever.

9 posted on 10/31/2008 9:09:06 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Safrguns
WHERES THE PICS!??!!

Trust me: you don't want to see the pictures.

10 posted on 10/31/2008 9:17:19 PM PDT by CE2949BB (I voted.)
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To: mlocher

“All you have to do is pull the lever.”

Stuff the ballot box?


11 posted on 10/31/2008 9:18:44 PM PDT by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: Safrguns
WHERES THE PICS!??!!

Most nudists are very guilty on the FR guilt-innocence scale.

12 posted on 10/31/2008 9:25:57 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Obama: Spread the Wealth = Marx: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs)
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To: GILTN1stborn
Nude Voter: Want to check my ID card?

Clerk: Depends on where you were keeping it.

13 posted on 10/31/2008 9:28:01 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Sen. McCain brings a lifetime of experience to the White House; Sen. Obama brings a speech)
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To: CE2949BB

>>>Trust me: you don’t want to see the pictures.

Sorry... i just saw “Florida” and “nudists”, and got excited.

Forgot to check the political angle of the story first : )


14 posted on 10/31/2008 9:34:48 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: GILTN1stborn

Are there any swing voters there?


15 posted on 10/31/2008 9:50:27 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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To: mlocher

sorry no levers here-we are pencil pushers and have moved up to filling in the dot


18 posted on 11/01/2008 8:46:56 AM PDT by GILTN1stborn
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To: Morgana

Eeewwwww!.... Ok, I stand corrected.


19 posted on 11/01/2008 1:45:31 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: GILTN1stborn

LOL!


20 posted on 11/01/2008 3:02:25 PM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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