Florida
Help Christine fight for electoral justice
Submitted by Wes Clark on November 29, 2006 - 6:54pm.
2006 Candidates | Florida | Democratic politics
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While four weeks have passed since the American people overwhelmingly cast a vote for change by putting Democrats in charge of both Houses of Congress, there is still a race that has yet to be conclusively decided that deserves our attention.
Democrat Christine Jennings, who rose from a bank teller at age 17 to become the founding President and CEO of Sarasota Bank, is locked in a tough recount battle to determine the next representative of Florida's 13th Congressional district.
Ironically, this is Katherine Harris' old seat.
Recently, the state of Florida certified a 369 vote victory for Christine's opponent despite the fact that there were serious problems with the voting machines used in the election. These problems have raised major questions about the integrity of the election, and Christine is fighting to make sure every intended vote is counted.
In Christine's home of Sarasota County, election officials have maintained that an astounding 18,000 voters simply did not vote in her Congressional race -- a 14% "undervote" that is six times higher than the undervote rate in the rest of the district. This statistical aberration, combined with numerous reports of voters who said they voted for Jennings but didn't see this choice registered on their voting summary, makes it clear that a new election or re-vote is the only solution.
Christine has filed suit to contest the election results, and she will continue to fight back. But she needs help -- click here to contribute to her campaign's recount fund today!
After what we saw in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, I've worked to make election integrity a top priority. Given the statistical discrepancies between undervotes in Sarasota County and the rest of the 13th District, coupled with reports of voting machine error, this race may represent a worst case scenario for those of us who feared something like this was bound to happen eventually.
How Hillary wins.
Submitted by mad4clark on March 28, 2008 - 10:38am.
Barack Obama | Florida | Hillary Clinton | Jay Cost | Jerome Armstrong | Michigan | Democratic politics

Jerome Armstrong has a good piece up right now showing that Obama's blocking of the FL and MI re-vote may have actually given Hillary the opening she needs....
Obama, actively fighting a re-vote in FL/MI
Submitted by mad4clark on March 12, 2008 - 1:37pm.
Barbara Boxer | Florida | Hillary Clinton | Michigan | Democratic politics

The gloves are off.
Obama's message is clear..
Scr*w the "Will of the People"
Up until now, it's looked like he was just trying to delay the inevitable, but it's obvious that he's willing to go further and actively fight any re-vote in FL and MI. And unfortunately, time is on his side...
Calling all Superdelegates – Your wisdom needed to avert potential disaster.
Submitted by Nick Kelly on February 10, 2008 - 4:46pm.
Florida | Michigan | Superdelegates | Democratic politics

Here we are, my fellow Democrats (and friends who are reading this), on a hugely important mission to change the disastrous course we have been following for the past 7, soon to be 8, years, and we haven’t yet quite made up our minds as to which of our talented Democrats should be piloting our course home.
'Denver, we have a problem….'


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