Foley ballot notice headed for battle in Florida
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The state that gave the world butterfly ballots and the hanging chad is headed for a new battle over whether and how voters should be told that disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley has dropped out of the Florida congressional race.
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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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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state...
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All eyes were on Florida on Monday where residents were eligible to begin casting ballots under an early voting law passed in the wake of the 2000 election fiasco.
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MIAMI, OCTOBER 18 : Early voting for next monthâs Presidential election got underway in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election
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Tallahassee, Fla. -- A federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touch-screen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Tens of thousands of recently found ballots in a Florida county are reversing one outcome in Tuesday&#39;s election.
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Voter advocates are closely watching Ohio's preparations for the presidential election, worried that the secretary of state's instructions could lead to the kind of confusion and legal challenges that Florida went through in 2000.
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By Bill Hirschman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--Broward County's $23 million touch-screen voting system may be scrapped unless commissioners find a way to create a paper trail.
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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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A state rule barring Florida counties with touch-screen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, according to an administrative law judge ruling in a lawsuit against the state.
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The Florida Republican Party announced Monday that its executive committee has chosen Republican state Rep. Joe Negron to face Democratic businessman Tim Mahoney this fall for the 16th District seat suddenly vacated Friday by scandal-plagued Republican Rep. Mark Foley.
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Independent presidential candidate Ralph  Nader's name can appear on Florida ballots for the election,  despite a court order to the contrary, Florida's elections  chief told officials on Monday in a move that could help  President Bush in the key swing state.
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DISPUTE: The national Democratic Party is poised to strip Florida of delegate votes in the 2008 nomination battle because state Democrats want to hold their primary too early.
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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The final outcome of the House contest in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 13th District has now been delayed for more than a month. Democratic nominee Christine Jennings has filed official complaints and lawsuits seeking to overturn state election officialsÃ¢ÂÂ Nov. 20 certification of Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the open-seat contest, by a margin of 369 votes.
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A dispute over the unusually high number of abstentions in November 7 legislative elections in Florida reached the courts this week, with voters and a losing candidate calling for fresh elections in echoes of the state's 2000 election debacle.