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We saw this one coming.

In a state where the NAACP had already filed a lawsuit (which was dismissed) over problems with early voting, Election Day is now being described by watchdogs as “a mess.”

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Former bank president Christine Jennings is now betting on a rematch over a revote. Nine months after she was deemed the loser in a disputed Congressional election marred by allegedly malfunctioning voting machines, Jennings announced she will run again to represent Florida’s 13th district, around Tampa.

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“Touchscreen voting in Florida is dead!” begins the gleeful statement issued today by Christine Jennings, the Florida Democrat whose (offficially) losing House of Representatives race last November has sparked a sea change in how Florida – and perhaps many other states – handle the brave new world of electronic balloting going forward. “Paperless voting in Florida is a thing of the past,” says Jennings.

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Whatever Florida Governor Charlie Crist does today to aid the victims of vicious tornadoes, his move yesterday to require all of Florida's voting machines to provide a voter-verified paper trail may have a greater impact nationwide. Crist, a Republican sworn in last month to succeed Jeb Bush, announced Thursday he will allocate $32.5 million in his first state budget this year to fully pay for 15 of the state's 67 counties to replace their paperless touch-screen voting machines. Governor Crist said, "Our goal is to increase voter confidence and ensure Floridians have confidence in the voting process."

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Whatever Florida Governor Charlie Crist does today to aid the victims of vicious tornadoes, his move yesterday to require all of Florida’s voting machines to provide a voter-verified paper trail may have a greater impact nationwide. Crist, a Republican sworn in last month to succeed Jeb Bush, announced Thursday he will allocate $32.5 million in his first state budget this year to fully pay for 15 of the state’s 67 counties to replace their paperless touch-screen voting machines. Governor Crist said, “Our goal is to increase voter confidence and ensure Floridians have confidence in the voting process.”

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