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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Amianthus on November 09, 2006, 11:21:04 AM
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- One district in Florida appears headed for another recount. The touch-screen voting machines in Sarasota County may have botched this year's election, and it's likely going to mean another Florida recount.
Election results show that more than 18-thousand county voters who marked other races didn't have a vote register in the House race, a rate much higher than in the rest of the district.
The county elections supervisor defended her staff and the voting machines, arguing that the thousands of voters must have either overlooked the race or simply decided not to vote for either candidate. Republican Vern Buchanan has declared victory in the race with a 373-vote lead over Democrat Christine Jennings.
Final results must be certified by November 20th
Article (http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/11/fla-house-seat-appears-headed-for.html)