TAMPA A competitive race with well-known candidates and possible primaries on both sides is developing for the U.S. House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow. ...more

March 4, 2009

In an interview this morning, ousted Hillsborough County elections supervisor Buddy Johnson insists human error played no part in the delayed count of Tuesday's voting results. Rather, he said, the fault lies with Premier Elections Solutions, the Texas company Johnson handpicked to provide voting machines. ...more

November 7, 2008

9:57 p.m. Long after the polls closed, as about 100 University of South Florida students waited in line to cast their votes, Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson told reporters that school officials underestimated the turnout. During a 20-minute period, the on-campus polling center was out of ballots. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:00 p.m.: Sometimes "big problems" at the voting precincts aren't really big problems at all. But that's how issues are often characterized by the time they reach a reporter's ears. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:49 p.m.: "It's been somewhat eerily quiet -- and that's a good thing," Secretary of State Browning told reporters during a 3 p.m. briefing. ...more

November 4, 2008

Other counties are joining Pinellas in letting voters who fail Florida's "no match, no vote" test to confirm their identities at the polls and cast regular ballots on Election Day. ...more

October 23, 2008

Close to one in every three newly registered Ohio voters will end up on court-ordered lists being sent to county election boards because they have some discrepancy in their records, an elections spokesman said Wednesday. ...more

October 16, 2008

Pinellas County will allow some new voters to resolve problems with their registrations at the polls, despite the state's warnings that it could trigger legal challenges. ...more

October 11, 2008

Bay area elections supervisors are laying plans to deal with what they fear could be hundreds of people who have problems voting Nov. 4 because of the state's "No Match, No Vote" law. ...more

October 10, 2008

A candidate for a Palm Beach County judicial race who was ahead by 17 votes on Election Night but lost in a recount where ballots went missing is suing to be declared the winner. ...more

September 10, 2008