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THURSDAY BONUS

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All in the family (redux)  - The Florida Elections Commission on Tuesday dismissed Mardi Levey Cohen's complaint against Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes.  The case stemmed from the lawsuit filed by defeated candidate Pedro Dijols that temporarily forced Levey off the ballot in 2008.  Because it took a while for the Fourth DCA to overrule the lower court, Dijols' name still appeared instead of Levey Cohen's on election day, while signage directed voters to bubble Dijols to vote for Levey Cohen.  The dismissed complaint against Snipes alleged that the Supervisor of Elections inadequately noticed voters in the polling centers that they needed to vote Dijols to vote for Levey Cohen.  Levey, of course, ended up losing soundly to Judge Bernie Bober...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).