Secretary of state continues to review fraud complaints

While Wakulla County election officials waited Wednesday to certify razor-thin victories, the state’s top elections chief continued to weigh fraud complaints.

Secretary of State Kurt Browning is still considering a complaint filed last week by a Panacea resident against Wakulla County Elections Supervisor Sherida Crum, alleging that voting rolls contained the names of people who listed vacant lots and nonexisting street addresses.
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LIVE! Election night coverage with Isnardi, Ellis & Space Coast Politics

Space Coast Politics will be streaming live video via the Internet from the Supervisor of Elections office on election night.

Space Coast Politics contributor Dawn Hooley and I will be reporting for Dave Isnardi and Clerk of Courts Scott Ellis, who will be broadcasting from the WMMB AM studios from 8 to 11pm.

Tune in to Dave and Scott on WMMB, or load up the Space Coast Politics web page for intelligent commentary and blow by blow analysis of the results as they come in.

Bush cancels, GOP weighs shorter convention

AP – President Bush, Vice President Cheney and prominent GOP governors are all skipping the Republican National Convention, and the party is considering shortening its big four-day event as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast with potentially deadly strength. 
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Florida Today Editorial makes my point brilliantly

Failure to distinguish between the essential and non-essential reduces heroes to status of scoundrels.

If you want proof of the decline of journalistic ethics, look no further than the Florida Today.

I had just posted my column about negative campaigns when I stumbled across this beauty on the Florida Today opinion page. Note their concern isn’t with finding the truth and halting the flow of misinformation – they want everyone to be able to spread lies freely, without having to worry about being ‘negatively’ attacked for not telling the truth.
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Dissecting the ‘art of smear’

Negative attacks aren’t always wrong and sometimes required
The truth by itself isn’t ‘negative’ – it just is

There has been a lot made of the negative campaigns run by some of the candidates this primary season. I have heard from several long time Brevardians this is the nastiest election cycle they have ever seen. Because I was knee deep in covering what has been described as the nastiest of them all, I wanted to weigh in on this issue and share my thoughts.
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The Tone and Tactics of Change in Politics

The disappointing tone of this election year makes the job of voters much more difficult in making decisions on candidates.

This week nominees, and in some cases elected office holders, were selected in Tuesday’s Primary Election.

There were a lot of candidates and many decisions for us to make. We tried to do our part in bringing you the candidates that would make the time to come in on the show and share their visions for how your government should operate. As voters we have made that call and will now turn our attention to the General Election on November 4th. Given how some of this went, I am almost surprised that the electorate was able to make the call. And maybe we didn’t do that so well. As I write this, I have no idea.
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Company acknowledges voting machine error

By STEPHEN MAJORS, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

At least 1,000 total votes were dropped in nine Ohio counties over the course of a handful elections back to 2006, including the March presidential primary, though the error was in all cases discovered and corrected within several hours. Premier Election Solutions Inc. previously had said complications with antivirus software caused the problem, but on Tuesday the company said in a product advisory that the problem is with the machines themselves.
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Perfect non-endorsement record remains intact

It’s not Office Operations, it’s Going Along to Get Along

The Florida Today shockingly has endorsed Mitch Needelman for ‘change’ for the Clerk’s Office. Perhaps the biggest shock was the endorsement did not burn all of its print with a Scott Ellis slam and what was sent my way was at least related to the office, even if it was off the mark.

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Telling You How I Vote…And Why I Tell You

Part one of who Bill’s voting for in the upcoming elections
From Bill Mick’s Insider Column

I’m not sure exactly when it was, but it was early in my talk radio days. I don’t think the show had been on for more than a year. I decided to lay it out there for everyone to see. Here it is. Here is how I am voting in the election. And today, I will tell you why I am telling you and anyone that cares to know how I vote.
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McCain calls for diplomatic effort with Russia

AP – Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday called for a multi-pronged diplomatic effort to force Russia to withdraw from Georgia, saying Moscow’s actions could have long-term implications for its relations with the rest of the world.
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