Polls run smoothly under new Broward elections supervisor

[Freddie Stubbs]

By Buddy Nevins and Scott Wyman
Sun-Sentinel
Posted March 10 2004

Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes passed her first major test Tuesday with only a few problems as voters threw out some long-time politicians and welcomed back some familiar faces.

In many of the 15 cities that held elections, development was the central issue. From Hollywood to Pembroke Pines to Davie, city commissioners and mayoral candidates had to defend their records of supporting growth against anti-development challengers.

The question looked as if it would cost Mayor Alex Fekete his job in Pembroke Pines.

Former state Rep. John Rayson crushed three opponents to become the first Pompano Beach mayor elected citywide by voters. Mayors previously were city commissioners elected by their colleagues.

more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cwrap10mar10,0,6277923.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

[JusticeForAll]

1. I hear her speak yesterday on NPR

Impressive.

[papau]

2. Perhaps the Bay County Florida disaster is not known in Broward?

Florida county orders recount (optical BBV shows Gep beating Kerry 2 to 1!


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/10/recount/index.html

Florida county orders recount in primary
Election outcome unaffected as Kerry easily carries state

(CNN) -- Election officials in Bay County, Florida, plan to recount all of the almost 20,000 ballots cast in Tuesday's presidential primary because of vote-counting irregularities, election Supervisor Mark Andersen said Wednesday.

"I'm not the happiest camper," Andersen said hours before the recount was scheduled to get under way. "We're going to redo everything."

The recount in the Panhandle county will not affect the outcome of Florida's primary, which handily went to Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who secured 77 percent of the state's vote.

According to Andersen, the county's optical scanner did not count the votes correctly because of a discrepancy between the way the absentee and standard ballots were printed.<snip>


Andersen did not release the initial results, but The Associated Press reported that Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri held a 2-to-1 lead over Kerry in the county, with more than 60 percent of precincts tallied.<snip>