http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/10/06/m1a_foleysigns_1006.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17All eight elections supervisors in former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's congressional district said Thursday they will not include a notice with absentee ballots to inform voters that the Republican has resigned and his votes will count for Joe Negron.
"I will not include anything with the absentee ballots," said Gertrude Walker, elections supervisor in St. Lucie County, the county with the most voters in the sprawling 16th Congressional District. "Our attorney has looked at this, and I feel he has provided excellent advice."
The idea of including a notice with absentee ballots came Tuesday from Florida Division of Elections Director Dawn Roberts, who e-mailed the eight supervisors recommended language to include with absentee ballots and to post inside voting booths.
On Thursday, the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections issued a legal opinion that state statutes do not allow for notices to be included in absentee ballots.
"I don't believe that an enclosure of any information sheet on the change in candidate is appropriate to be mailed with the ballots," said Ron Labasky, attorney for the supervisors association.