Looks like FL elected a RINO for governor (Crist wants voting paper trail)

[Herman Munster]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16584583.htm

Crist wants voting paper trail

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist wants to spend nearly $33 million to replace Florida's maligned ATM-style voting machines with systems that provide a clear paper trail.

The decision, if approved by state lawmakers, would end one of the most bitter election debates in Florida: whether the electronic touch-screen machines have bugs in their secret software that could make votes disappear.

Crist plans to make his announcement Thursday in Palm Beach County, home of the 2000 butterfly-ballot meltdown that led to the rise of the touch-screen machines in South Florida and other urban areas.

The governor wants to replace them with the optical-scan voting machines used in most areas of the state -- including Tallahassee's Leon County, where Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho has been a harsh critic of the touch-screen systems, used in 15 counties.

''This will help restore faith in democracy in Florida's elections, which have sadly been a laughingstock for way too long,'' Sancho said.

[Patsy Stone]

1. He's looking good so far

And this is just another good step.

I'm warming to him.

[Ignacio Upton]

5. I would have been better if Davis had won

But at least Crist isn't 100% beholden to the BFEE.

[wakeme2008]

2. And he may be a little bit Gay too (edited for a nom :) )

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

3. But just a little

Or...not? :shrug:

:)

[illinoisprogressive]

4. good for Florida.

[DianeG5385]

6. Maybe he actually cares about his country

I like the guy. I don't automatically consign pukes to the garbage bin and he hasn't been all that bad. I also care more about country than party.