The Alison Effect
My sister lives in Jacksonville, Florida, one of the more conservative cities in the state. Alison is a registered Republican and has voted that way every four years. Now she is voting for Obama.
My sister lives in Jacksonville, Florida, one of the more conservative cities in the state. Alison is a registered Republican and has voted that way every four years. Now she is voting for Obama.
Pensacola News Journal | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
TALLAHASSSEE -- Voting glitches are cropping up across the state, including jammed optical scanners in some precincts in South Florida and Leon County...
Shawna Vercher | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home
A quick glance at what is currently being reported from across the state: Tampa, FL - Special "Emergency" Ballot Box Created On the Spot All ballots ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
Now that the Florida GOP has assured a county circuit judge the party will not mount a mass challenge of voters on election day, DNC adviser Jamal Sim...
Randi Rhodes | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
All over the U.S. people are voting, trying to vote and working to protect their vote. In 21st century America, this is no easy feat. When it comes to voting we are a banana republic with computers.
Pamela Mays McDonald | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
MIAMI --- (As told to the correspondent by husband-and-wife Obama Volunteers Pierina and Aramis in the Coral Gables office) The last early voting ho...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Standing outside a early voting location in Leon County, Florida, Ion Sancho estimates that it's a two hour wait for those lining up. "The voting enth...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign is, not surprisingly, ecstatic with the decision by Florida's Republican Gov. Charlie Crist to extend early voting hours in his sta...
Miami Herald | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Three Hialeah voters say they had an unusual visitor at their homes last week: a man who called himself Juan, offering to help them fill out their abs...
David Horton | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics
How can it be that America, with its claim to be the first modern democracy, retains a system of managing elections that would be thought unduly cynical even in the worst of third world dictatorships?
R.W. Sanders | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home
Our democracy is based in the idea of one man, one vote. It is very important to have confidence that our vote is counted accurately. When there is doubt, it drives down voter participation.
Shawna Vercher | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home
A team of military veterans, state and local government officials, Barack Obama and, less than twenty-four hours after winning game #7 of the American...
Heidi Pickman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Florida's voting infrastructure became famous in the 2000 election when "hanging chads' became a household name. And problems keep popping up. Can...
Ron Levitt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Democrats say it's all about bragging rights. Republicans say it's Rudy's last stand. In any case, it all began Monday in Florida as several hundred...
John Koch | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics