Voting Issues

While voting in the last primary I experienced an unusal situation. After filling out the ballot I was asked for it at the exit. The worker looked over my votes and said it would not count since I had not voted for a candidate in one section. She said my entire ballot would not be counted unless I voted in all areas. I then marked the one blank area and she looked at it again and said now it's OK. I wrote a letter to the supervisor of elections asking for an explanation of this. I have not received an answer and would like to have one before the Nov election.

Came across an interesting article on a web site called fortreport.com.  They featured an article from tampabay.com, Alex Leary, from 05.12.08.  It lists some of the items we'll se on the ballot come November. 

Among them: Repeal "alien land" law, gay marriage ban, conservation, tax swap, repeal ban on funding for religion organizations & school funding vouchers.

It's been no great secret that the legislative process in Florida is Byzantine, at best.  And that's only accomplished if & when we can get some people to figure out how to complete a voting form.  High tech, low tech, I guess to some, it's still a mystery.  But doing a bit of research can help all of us reach an informed decision on a # of issues.