12-20-2008, 10:59 PM
BL... I originally registered as a DEM years ago back when Dems controlled the state. There were few if any Republicans running in local elections so if anyone wanted to vote for the County Commissioners, local Sheriff or dog catcher, you just about had to be registered Dem and most elections were settled in the primaries.
It really was the cherry picking thing that made me decide to drop all party affiliation. State law in Florida is very clear. If there is to be a recount it will be of all counties, not a chosen few.
There was also an issue with military absentee ballots that the Dems tried to have voided because they did not bear the USPS postmark, but an APO postmark instead. At the time there was nothing specific in FL law stipulating military ballots had to have a USPS cancellation. It just said postal cancellation and the Dems wanted to interpret that as USPS only.
It really was the cherry picking thing that made me decide to drop all party affiliation. State law in Florida is very clear. If there is to be a recount it will be of all counties, not a chosen few.
There was also an issue with military absentee ballots that the Dems tried to have voided because they did not bear the USPS postmark, but an APO postmark instead. At the time there was nothing specific in FL law stipulating military ballots had to have a USPS cancellation. It just said postal cancellation and the Dems wanted to interpret that as USPS only.