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GROVELAND, Fla. -- The state that is the king of bizarre election finishes added another page to its quirky electoral history Friday: a city council race decided by a coin toss. G.P. Sloan, 77, and Richard Flynn, 75, each received 689 votes in the Nov. 2 election. No one emerged a winner after two recounts, so the candidates and three dozen supporters gathered for a coin flip Friday in the community center of this town of 4,400 residents located 25 miles west of Orlando. The city manager flipped a bicentennial dollar coin, and Flynn shouted "Heads." City manager Jason Yarborough...

Posted on Tue, Nov. 09, 2004 Judge Rejects ACLU Ballot-Count Suit CATHERINE WILSON Associated Press MIAMI - Election officials in two Florida counties will not be required to count absentee ballots returned after the polls closed on Election Day, regardless of what problems caused the ballots to be mailed late to voters, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union had asked in a lawsuit for an emergency order requiring Miami-Dade and Broward officials to count the late ballots. The uncounted ballots would not change the outcome of the presidential race in Florida, where President Bush defeated Sen....

I just recieved my sample ballot in Florida, and thought it would be a good idea to discuss the consitutional amendments proposed within it. If it's ok with the moderators, I'd like to do one per day until the election. Some of the interpretation is lost on me, and I assume that others may suffer the same. Without further ado. No. 1 Constitutional Amendment Article X, Section 22. Article X Miscellaneous Section 22. Parental notice of termination of a minor's pregnancy. The legislature shall not limit or deny the privacy right guaranteed to a minor under the United States Constitution...

This is a thread to consolidate all of the commentary on the Florida message board concerning the Constitutional Amendments up for ratification on November 2nd. Please keep this thread focused on the amendments but feel free to start other discussion threads. Help us all make informed decisions on election day!

This is a thread to consolidate all of the commentary on the Florida message board concerning the judges up for election on November 2nd. Please keep this thread focused on the judiciary but feel free to start other discussion threads. Help us all make informed decisions on election day!

Thre New Hampshire surgeons were having lunch together and discussing surgeries they had performed. One of them said, "I'm the best surgeon around. A concert pianist lost seven fingers in an accident. I reattached them, and 8 months later, he performed a private concert for the Queen of England." The second surgeon said, "That's nothing. A young man lost both arms and legs in a terrible accident. I reattached them, and 2 years later, he won 2 Gold Medals in field events in the Olympic." The third surgeon said, "You guys are amateurs. Several years ago a guy who was...

(CNSNews.com) - In light of a Massachusetts court ruling Wednesday that the state's legislature cannot use civil unions as a substitute for so-called "gay marriages" in that state, many voters are asking where the Democrats competing for their party's presidential nomination stand on the issue. While none of the candidates has openly supported homosexual "marriage," all four believe that homosexual partners should have the same legal rights and privileges as married couples. The Massachusetts Senate had previously requested clarification of a November 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that homosexual couples have a right to "marry" under the state's constitution....

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) -- Carol Moseley Braun plans to end her White House bid Thursday, leaving an all-male field for the presidency and giving her support to Democratic front-runner Howard Dean. Braun was to officially endorse the former Vermont governor Thursday afternoon during an appearance at Carroll High School in Carroll, Iowa, said Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi. Dean said Wednesday that he welcomed the endorsement of the former senator from Illinois. "She's a principled person. We just hit it off. I like her a lot," Dean told reporters at a hotel in Fort Dodge, where he was spending...

On December 15, 2003, Michael Peroutka announced his candidacy for the Constitution Party presidential nomination. In an interview on Radio Liberty hosted by Dr. Stan Monteith, Mr. Peroutka identified the need to restore loyalty to the Constitution as a key reason for his campaign for the presidency, "We really do need, Dr. Stan, an American, somebody who understands law and American form of government, to run for president; and I really believe that at this point, there is not such a person in any of the major parties ... because none of them give the slightest fig, I believe, about...