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UPDATED: 2:51 p.m. EST November 1, 2002 ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's not even Election Day but already Floridians have been voting. New laws allow people to participate in what's called in-office voting. They go to a polling place and vote, but the ballot will be held like an absentee ballot, not opened until Election Night, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported. Not many voters took advantage of the chance to vote early in Daytona Beach on Sunday. Officials expected thousands, but only 82 voters turned out, officials said. However, voters are trying to get in early in Orange County, and there...

Support for a constitutional limit on the size of public school classes has declined to less than 50 percent in a statewide poll released Thursday, raising questions about whether Amendment 9 can limp to the finish line five days before the election. A Mason-Dixon poll of 800 voters conducted Monday and Tuesday shows 48 percent support the class-size cap, with 40 percent against and 12 percent undecided. A Miami Herald-St. Petersburg Times poll of 800 likely voters Oct. 23-25 showed 62 percent for and 31 percent against the cap. Amendment 9 has become a focus of the governor's race, with...

<p>MIAMI (AP) -- Gov. Jeb Bush's Democratic rival and hundreds of Haitian-Americans called on lawmakers to help the more than 200 Haitian migrants who remained detained Thursday, two days after the nation watched them jump from a crowded freighter and struggle ashore.</p>

ORLANDO, Fla. -- With just over one week until Election Day, Gov. Jeb Bush has secured the endorsement of three of the state's biggest newspapers. Bush was endorsed by the Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, and Tampa Tribune, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported. Just one week ago, McBride got the nod from the St. Petersburg Times, Daytona Beach News-Journal and Tallahassee Democrat. Bush is also scoring points at the polls. The Herald said Bush is ahead by eight points, 51 to 43 percent for McBride, a slightly larger lead than before the debate. McBride said he's optimistic that the governor's race is...

<p>The mass e-mail sent out by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's re-election campaign is telling: Democratic challenger Bill McBride, already a proven giant-slayer, is 10 percentage points behind the Republican incumbent in a new Zogby poll.</p> <p>It is a slim lead against a political neophyte who overcame a 50-point deficit to defeat Janet Reno in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary.</p>