The widow of Tampa civil rights icon Bob Gilder says she can't get a straight answer as to why her husband's name has not been restored to the Hillsborough County elections office on Falkenburg Road. ...more

January 15, 2009

About $1.4 million appropriated last year for new voting machines was instead spent on personnel costs in Hillsborough County's elections supervisor Buddy Johnson's office, according to the county's budget director. ...more

December 24, 2008

In Highlands County the recent turnout for voting in the primary election was very low. Nationwide the turnout for even the general elections seldom reaches 40 percent. ...more

September 17, 2008

Time to place the Hillsborough County mayor question on November's ballot is getting short. ...more

September 12, 2008

She lost her city council seat but hasn't given up on politics. Former Vice Mayor Nancy Britton, who failed to win re-election in April, filed paperwork this week to challenge three-term incumbent Sandra "Sandy" Applefield for a seat on the Pasco County Mosquito Control Board in the Nov. 4 general elections. ...more

June 14, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's chances of hanging on to power amid a burgeoning corruption probe diminished Wednesday after the leader of his main coalition partner demanded he either step aside or face new elections. ...more

May 29, 2008

Of course, we are all supposed to be aghast at the allegations against Stephanie Ragusa, the middle school teacher who allegedly can't say "no" when it comes to playing show and tell with her students, but it sent some readers down memory lane. ...more

May 4, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously approved a contract today for new optical scan voting machines. ...more

February 20, 2008

Pasco County voters turned out in higher numbers than anticipated Tuesday as they cast ballots in presidential primaries and on a property tax amendment. ...more

January 30, 2008

Don't Let DNC Stop You Regarding "Black Voter Turnout Lags" (Metro, Jan. 27): ...more

January 29, 2008