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EMunster Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 06:30 PM
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AP: FL suit puts the handling of at least 78k ballots in doubt...
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A second lawsuit has been filed by another anti-gambling group seeking a recount in Broward County, where 78,000 absentee ballots weren't counted correctly on election night. The adjusted total helped the initiative pass several days later.

Two other measures to increase the minimum wage and scrap a high-speed rail project are being contested because backers did not include the name and address of paid signature-gatherers on petitions to place the issues on the ballot...

This is just one of a whole lot of lawsuits..

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Legal tussles over ballot initiatives are not uncommon, but the number of challenges in Florida is unusual, said John Sowinski, an Orlando political consultant.

"The presidential election four years ago probably awoke people to some of the legal vulnerabilities of the process," he said.

...more...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/32-12052004-411729.html

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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 07:05 PM
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1. jeb'll kill the minimum wage increase
and the high speed rail only helps tourists get from orlando to miami
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