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GOP apologizes over voting flier; glossy mailer warns against touch-screens
An embarrassed state Republican Party apologized Thursday for a GOP campaign brochure that urged voters to use absentee ballots, undermining efforts by Gov. Jeb Bush and Secretary of State Glenda Hood to inspire confidence in new touch-screen voting machines. Democratic Party officials and several civil rights groups eagerly pounced on the flier as either a laughable foul-up or a sign that maybe Republican leaders also question the reliability of the ATM-like equipment. Bush, Hood and many GOP legislators have been saying for weeks that the machines are accurate and the state is ready to run a fair electionBrochure that the state Republican party mailed to Miami voters. [more] Pictured above: Brochure that the Republican party mailed to Republican voters in Miami.
- Lost and found. Jeb Bush's election officals find data. "Touchscreen systems have worked successfully in hundreds of elections since 2002 and we expect them to do the same in the upcoming election," [more]