It Wouldn’t Be a Florida Election Without Controversy
Here we see Christine Jennings, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida’s 13th district, the seat that Katherine Harris vacated. Jennings is still a candidate a week after the election, despite Vern Buchanan being declared the winner by the AP.
It was a closely contested battle with Buchanan unofficially winning by 373 votes. But the bigger story here is the unexplained reason why 13% of people who voted did not vote on this race. This is an exceptionally high number and the supervisor of elections is left scratching her head. The voting machines were touch screens and many complained of votes not registering.
Does this make sense? No, but it’s Florida and it’s an election so it’s no surprise. Whether it’s hanging chads or touch screens, it’s the same old story. People complained in 2000 about lack of technology in voting, now we have it, and people are complaining about the technology.
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