138 flawed ballots muddle political consultant's 12-vote win in state Hous

[Judi Lynn]

138 flawed ballots muddle political consultant's 12-vote win in state House race

By Jeremy Milarsky
Staff Writer
Posted January 8 2004

The final tally in Tuesday's special election for Florida House District 91 showed that many more ballots were rejected than the slim number of votes that propelled the winner to victory.

A 44-year-old political consultant from Fort Lauderdale, Ellyn Bogdanoff, defeated her closest rival, and ultimately won the election, by a mere dozen votes. Because of a last-minute computer glitch, Tuesday's election results came in after 11 p.m.

But the final vote count in Broward County reflected 138 flawed ballots -- absentee votes sent or filled out improperly -- and undervotes. Undervotes are those in which the voter, either on purpose or by mistake, does not select a candidate.

Palm Beach County reported three undervotes from Tuesday's election.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cvote08jan08,0,3626739.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla

[Bushfire]

1. Thread with miami.com link over in GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=995584

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/7660910.htm

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[dusty64]

2. Hmmmmmm.

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