House Admin Staffers to Observe Florida Elections

Roll Call ^ | October 14, 2002 | Suzanne Nelson

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

After all, they have 65 to choose from- any of which will have a clean, error-free election.

Great point, GG. You know why Palm Beach County wasn't included in the primary problem counties? After redisticting, I became a Palm Beach voter - even though I live in Lee County on the West coast - along with a conservative majority who votes with care and now makes up ~40% of the PBC vote. A recount of the new Palm Beach County would be very revealing, imho. (^:

[windchime]

"I wouldn't mind a little boring. (^;"


Me either!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Yeah, but are they going to observe the elections in MO, NJ, SD, & CO?

Our Fla. Rep. is bringing the House. Jeb asked for the Justice Dept. intervention after the primary rat tricks. State laws are different, but with evidence of voter fraud - GOP pols in those states could ask for help.

[MeekOneGOP]

I tell ya. The GOP better make sure they have plenty of GOP folks in the Broward-Miami-Dade counties this November....

Gotta keep an eye on those 'RATS !!

I'm a GOOD 'RAT !

[MeekOneGOP]

This election is certainly not boring. I wouldn't mind a little boring. (^;

Oh, you mean boring like this? Or somethin' else?.....

http://www.nbc5i.com/politics/1707582/detail.html

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NBC 5 Exclusive: Voters' Poll

Rick Perry enjoys a comfortable lead in his race against Tony Sanchez, Jr. according to our poll of 600 likely voters throughout the state of Texas.

Nearly half of all likely voters think both campaigns are using "unfair" campaign ads.

The poll was conducted from Sept. 30 through Oct. 6 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1%.

Governor , "who do you think you would vote for if the election were held today?"

	State	North Texas	East Texas	South Texas	Central Texas	West Texas
Democrat Tony Sanchez, Jr.	29%	31%	28%	32%	26%	15%
Republican Rick Perry	56%	52%	59%	50%	56%	70%
Undecided	15%	16%	13%	18%	18%	12%

	State	Male	Female	White	Hisp	Afri-Amer
Democrat Tony Sanchez, Jr.	29%	26%	31%	24%	43%	70%
Republican Rick Perry	56%	60%	51%	63%	32%	12%
Undecided	15%	13%	17%	12%	26%	19%

[Goldwater Girl]

Ah, the magic of redistricting.....I, too dilute the PBC liberal vote to keep Congressman Mark Foley in Congress.
But in case of a recount- it's still done within each county- even for multi-county races. Theresa LePore seems to have learned a hard lesson from Election 2000, and is resolved not to be in the spotlight again. She did well in the primary. Not as good as our West Coast Supervisors, but good enough.

[Goldwater Girl]

Great point, windchime- be vigilent.
Your area spawned the spurious "police intimidation" charge in Election 2000 that turned out to be a robbery in progress.
I hear your Dem supervisor has higher ambitions, ??Mayor?-- but no clue how that will affect her handling of disruption at the polls.

[windchime]

Yes, GG, there was talk of our SOE, Pam Iorio, running for mayor, but she decided not to be a contender this time around. As far as I can tell, she has been conscientious about performing her duties. In fact, in an interview after the primary, Governor Bush suggested she could teach Miami-Dade and Broward how to conduct an election.

I do think we all need to be watchful. With so much attention on the bad performers (M-D & B) there might be fraud/disruption attempts at softer targets on election day.