Sixty years ago last month, I watched my parents pull the curtains of their voting booths in a Michigan town hall basement to vote for the man who lost the 1948 presidential election. He was Thomas E. Dewey, a Republican widely expected, even by the Democrats, to vanquish wounded incumbent Harry S. Truman. ...more

December 17, 2008

Sanders Memorial Elementary School in Land O' Lakes held a mock presidential election Wednesday. ...more

November 7, 2008

A small survey of polling places in the Plant City area showed the precincts were line free after 6 p.m., with some seeing only a trickle of voters coming in after 5 p.m. ...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

2 p.m.: Ignoring the homemade signs that say, "Not A Precinct," the woman rolls down her window and hollers, "Can I still vote in here?" ...more

November 4, 2008

9:33 a.m.:At the West Tampa Convention Center, first-time voter Rebecca Meza, 18, and her mother Elizabeth Meza, 37, walk out of the voting booths confident in their choice for president: Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:35 a.m.: Early voting during the lunch hour Friday at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa took about an hour. But this morning, the line is considerably shorter, and people are popping out of the voting booths in about a half-hour. ...more

November 4, 2008

SEBRING — The so-called, and proud of it, "tree huggers" went for a win Tuesday at the Highlands County Board of Commissioners but came away with a tie, and the day for a decision on their proposed tax issue was pushed back for at least three weeks. The commissioners appeared close to voting to endorse the concept of putting a two/tenths of one mill, 20-year bond issue on the November ballot to raise more than $1 million a year to buy and preserve conservation lands before they are paved over. Commissioners were asked to endorse the idea and then, in the coming weeks, get all the details and research nailed down so that they could make a final decision about putting the issue on the ballot in July. ...more

June 17, 2008

Many Iowans I've heard from over the last few months complained about the invasion of their state by presidential candidates and the news media covering them. ...more

January 12, 2008