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  • Justice Department will provide poll monitors in Florida

    10/18/2002 12:30:30 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 29 replies · 270+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 10-18-02 | JOHN PAIN
    <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>
  • For sale: Vote booth with chad

    05/29/2002 7:24:39 AM PDT · by aomagrat · 2 replies · 188+ views
    Myrtle Beach Sun News ^ | 29 May 2002 | BOB BESTLER
    Ted Gragg, who owns Myrtle Beach Indoor Shooting Range on U.S. 17 Bypass, has been having way too much fun lately. It started when he learned that Broward County, Fla., was auctioning off its notorious hand-ballot voting booths. "CNN did a story about them auctioning the old voting booths on eBay," he said. "I thought it might be fun to get one." And how has that venture gone? "We're a shooting range so we get a pretty conservative crowd here," Gragg said. "They love it. Sometimes a tourist will come back with a camera and have a picture taken with...