Fla. County Can't Accommodate Blind Voters
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County elections officials say they will not have touch-screen voting machines in place for blind voters by the November election, despite a federal judge's order.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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With election time just around the corner, Alachua County is gearing up by following suit with many other Florida counties. Early voting is now taking place in an attempt to get more voters out to the polls due to such a tight race for the presidency.
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Tallahassee, Fla. -- People who cast provisional ballots at the wrong precinct are not entitled to have their votes counted, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.
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The U.S. government discriminates against blind people because American currency is not designed to be distinguishable to visually impaired people, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
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New absentee ballots will be sent to  voters in one of Florida's most populous counties to replace  thousands that disappeared in the run-up to Tuesday's U.S.  elections, an election official said on Thursday.
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Absentee ballots mailed by Florida elections supervisors too late for possibly thousands of voters to return them on time should still count, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 14--EAST MANATEE -- Manatee County staffers, posing as members of the public, tested public access at community development districts across the county and were improperly denied access to at least two communities, county officials said.
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Florida voters whose status is questioned  at the polls can only cast ballots at designated precincts, the  state Supreme Court said on Monday in a ruling that could  affect some residents displaced by hurricanes.
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SEPTEMBER 03, 2004  - A Maryland county court yesterday rejected a challenge to the use of electronic voting machines that sought to allow voters to opt out of using the technology.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 4--The planned annexation of nearly 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton by Broward County's Parkland could cost Palm Beach County thousands of dollars.
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Civilians and soldiers living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Voters and election workers alike are hoping for a glitch-free day today after problems plagued many polling locations in Broward County Monday, the first day of early voting.
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By Wayne Risher risher@desotoappealcom  DeSoto County officials declared a 14-day ban Monday on open burning by residential property owners in unincorporated areas.  Director of Emergency Services Bobby Storey said the ban was urgently needed because of hot, dry conditions.
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Pre-election tension mounted Thursday in Florida amid claims of voter intimidation, promises absentee ballots will reach the Broward County citizens who are missing them and concerns Republicans will question the authenticity of thousands of
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A state rule barring the 15 Florida counties with touchscreen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, which requires hand recounts in some close elections, a judge ruled Friday.
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Although Democrats hold a solid majority in Palm Beach County, Fla., it is so big that even a small shift among its 700,000 voters could make a difference in November.