Word: broward
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...this for Florida's dim-witted election system: it makes the hot-button issue in the race for Governor--education--more urgent. During the state's primary balloting last week, especially in the populous southern counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, poll workers couldn't even boot up many of the new touch-screen voting machines, part of a $30 million upgrade undertaken after Florida's 2000 presidential recount debacle. Because of the voting fiasco, it took all of last week for state officials to confirm that Tampa attorney Bill McBride had narrowly, and stunningly, upset former U.S. Attorney General...
...With reporting by Broward Liston/Orlando
...Florida’s Broward and Miami-Dade counties, votes were miscounted—or sometimes not counted at all. The election system itself was part of the culprit; the complicated voting mechanism confounded voters and polling officials alike...
...seen that reform is gruelingly slow. In Florida last week, the Democratic primary election was so close that former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno still has not conceded the election, although final vote recounts are due today. In a near replay of 2000, Miami-Dade and Broward counties saw major problems in counting ballots, and the margin was only about 5,000 votes in 1.3 million. This happened after polls were kept open an additional two hours because of massive lines, and many polling places were inoperative or malfunctioning for part of the day. There is no question that these...
...Kish to be chauffeured by a gruff soldier and collect the locals' votes. It's a comic chore for all concerned. One old fellow wonders why his favorite candidate, God, isn't listed. There are no hanging-chad jokes, but the film's spare wit is as applicable to Broward County as to the Persian Gulf. Secret Ballot offers further evidence that an Islamic regime can foster humanist satires with a critical, political edge...