Buddy Johnson may be out of office, but the mess he made as Hillsborough County supervisor of elections will haunt taxpayers in the coming months. The dismaying episode provides a useful lesson for voters. ...more

January 7, 2009

An audit of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's office was able to verify just $336,000 of the $2.34 million Johnson told county commissioners he needed last month to cover cost overruns. ...more

January 6, 2009

An audit of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's office was able to verify just $336,000 of the $2.34 million Johnson told county commissioners he needed last month cover cost overruns. ...more

January 5, 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

When he looked up and saw Phyllis Busansky glaring at him across the room Tuesday night, Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson had to feel as if he was stuck between the mother of all annoyed ex-wives meets Madame Defarge - only without the sense of whimsy. ...more

August 30, 2008

Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley previewed the new DS200 Optical Scan voting equipment for county poll workers during a workshop at the Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel on Tuesday morning. Corley and Deputy Supervisor of Elections Jim Endress let some 70 poll workers try out the new voting machines at the end of the workshop, where they were able to mark ballots and see how the new equipment works. ...more

June 11, 2008

Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Phyllis Busansky will challenge incumbent Buddy Johnson for the county supervisor of elections post in November. ...more

February 9, 2008