A local engineer and political activist says the referendum language on the county mayor issue is vague and inaccurate and has filed a lawsuit to have the issue taken off November's ballot. ...more

July 8, 2008

It strikes some voters as peculiar, even wrong, that it is possible for a president to be elected with fewer total votes than the closest rival. ...more

June 28, 2008

Saying the United States should "abolish this archaic way we elect presidents," Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson argued in a Tampa news conference Friday for eliminating the Electoral College. ...more

June 14, 2008

Regarding "The People Should Decide" (Letters, May 3): The people of the United States do not choose the president - at least not directly. ...more

May 12, 2008

Is the Hometown Democracy amendment the answer to Florida's developer-driven growth machine, or is it a veiled attack on private property rights? ...more

November 17, 2007