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Court settles Foley ballot dispute in Florida | |
2006-10-28 | |
Election supervisors in disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's Florida congressional district can post signs telling voters that ballots cast for Foley will count for his Republican replacement candidate, an appeals court ruled on Friday. But the signs must also include information about the Democratic and independent candidates in the race, the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee ruled.
The Republicans' replacement nominee, Joe Negron, asked election supervisors to post signs at the polls telling voters that ballots cast for the disgraced Foley will actually go to Negron. Democrats sued, contending such signs would amount to partisan political ads, which are prohibited within 100 feet of a polling place. A state court agreed and banned the signs. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Negron's campaign slogan, which reminds people how to vote for him, is: "Punch Foley for Joe!" Not bad, lol. |
Posted by: .com 2006-10-28 00:52 |