1. Along with Choicepoint, the lawsuit named Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Florida elections director Clay Roberts, as well as several county election supervisors. 2. And all overseen by election supervisors who are elected by party label just as they have from time immemorial. 3. And they have frequently noted that county election supervisors have the primary responsibility for ensuring that voting is done correctly and for selecting and purchasing voting equipment. 4. A Republican observer clashed repeatedly with an assistant elections supervisor, bringing the recount to a halt at one point. 5. All of those signatures must be verified by county election supervisors. 6. Bruce Rogow, a highly regarded lawyer representing the Palm Beach County elections supervisor, has heard unsolicited legal advice this week from almost everyone he knows. 7. But some elections supervisors wonder whether the new law gives canvassing boards enough time to verify and count the new ballots. 8. But that important task was complicated late Monday by the sudden resignation of Broward elections supervisor Jane Carroll, from the canvassing board. 9. ChoicePoint also says that DBT recommended to the state that county elections supervisors undergo training to help them work with the felons database. 10. Congressional leaders, Democratic officials and Gore aides blamed the Palm Beach County election supervisor, Theresa LePore. |
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