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Over Thanksgiving weekend, the work of the Palm Beach County canvassing board--three elected individuals who probably expected an honorific rather than horrific job--worked tirelessly to count the votes of the county's citizens. Thousands of the ballots had not shown a vote for president due to a combination...
Of the 3,411 voters who punched their butterfly ballots for Pat Buchanan in Palm Beach County on Election Day, some may have had a good reason to do so. It's Pat, of course, who talks about "securing America's borders," and the good folks in Florida are going...
The generals in Al Gore's army were coming to grips with the idea of losing the war. A ruling by a Florida judge last Friday morning had cleared the way for Katherine Harris, the George W. Bush ally who is also Florida's secretary of state, to announce a...
In other election-related news, Florida Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga ruled yesterday that he did not have the authority to order a Palm Beach revote. Voters confused by the "butterfly ballot" had sued for a revote because they claimed the ballot's design led them to unintentionally invalidate their ballots...
And for Republicans, signs that containment is indeed possible when it comes to the county's notorious "butterfly ballot" suits: Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga canceled a hearing on a Palm Beach revote, saying "the relief sought by the plaintiffs is not permitted by law." Even Labarga, however, expects an appeal...