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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Thursday, February 17, 2005

Just Say No

    You've got to be kidding:
    In a move that would dramatically increase state control of elections, Gov. Jeb Bush and the state elections office will ask the Legislature for greater authority, including the ability to decide which voters should be purged from voting rolls.
    "Bush seeks more control".

    One of the few people with any credibility,
    Leon County Election Supervisor Ion Sancho said Hood and Gov. Jeb Bush are making a power grab.

    "It's a control issue," Sancho said. "They want to control the election process."

    Sancho said centralizing some election functions is a good idea, but only if it is handled by a nonpartisan state election office.

    Sancho said Hood and Bush, who appointed her, are fiercely loyal Republicans who made some of the most partisan and mistake-ridden calls in Florida's otherwise successful 2004 election.

    Sancho, a former Democrat who now is an independent, pointed to the botched felon list, which critics charged unfairly targeted black, Democratic-leaning voters, and Hood's push to put third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the state ballot. That move was seen by critics as a way to siphon votes from Democrat John Kerry and help President Bush's re-election bid.
    "Hood urges new statewide voter database".

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