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In 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.
Now, just four weeks before the end of the legislative session, it looks like we may have been suckered by another empty election year promise. Just two weeks ago, the Florida gubernatorial primary vote was marred by inaccurate vote counts and poor communication at polling places - despite a $32 million...
"We're very close on the election reform action; it would be a shame if they didn't pass it on time because the differences are so slight," says James Thurber, professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential studies at American University. A few points...
Perhaps that's because most voters don't know the breadth of the system's failure. According to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, between four and six million votes were lost on November 7, 2000, out of roughly 100 million cast. Many belonged to Florida voters, but...
Healey had been trailing in the polling in the weeks leading up to the vote as a result of Rappaport’s strong television presence.