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Will Broward commission gut ethics policy?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf Broward Mayor John Rodstrom has his way, one of the big parts of sweeping ethics reform approved by voters will be gutted -- the provision that bars county commissioners from serving on procurement/selection committees. Rodstrom's proposed change is...Tags: Politics, Values, Ethics, Local Government, Religion and Belief
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Voters Coalition issues endorsements
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County???s influential Voters Coalition snubbed the home-county candidate, Lois Frankel, and awarded its congressional primary endorsement to Broward???s Kristin Jacobs. Full details. In one of the county???s other high-profile races, the...Tags: Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, Primaries, Politics, Bill Nelson, Elections
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Local developer runs for mayor of Delray Beach
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsIf Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie, who is term-limited, gets elected as Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections in November, the city won't be without a mayor for a month. According to the city's charter, Vice Mayor Tom Carney will......Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, Elections, Delray Beach, Interior Policy
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Palm Beach County Commission considers switch to 'mayor'
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County may be getting a mayor. Instead of calling the head of the seven-member County Commission the "chairman," commissioners are considering changing the moniker to "mayor." The change would be in name only, not adding any more duties......Tags: Palm Beach County Commission, Politics, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Elections
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Parks named for Aaronson, Marcus
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsAfter years of championing Palm Beach County???s park expansions and land preservation, term limited county commissioners Burt Aaronson and Karen Marcus were honored Tuesday by having their names added to two prime pieces of public real estate. The county...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Boynton Beach, Atlantic Ocean, Elections
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Palm Beach County vote counting keeps going and going and going
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County missed its goal to finish counting votes by 3 p.m. Friday, with stacks of absentee and provisional ballots still to go as the state???s noon Saturday deadline loomed. Thousands of absentee ballots marred with printing errors have......Tags: Politics, Voting, Palm Beach County, Elections
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Done! Palm Beach County finally finishes counting votes
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsDragging into the fourth day of vote counting after Election Day, Palm Beach County at 4:45 a.m. Saturday finally finished tallying delayed results from thousands of absentee and provisional ballots. Slowed by the tedious process of counting stacks of...Tags: Florida Legislature, Politics, Elections, Delray Beach, Susan Bucher
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Palm Beach County posts delayed absentee vote totals, could be bad news for West
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County just before 1 a.m. Saturday finally finished counting thousands of absentee ballots from Tuesday???s presidential election. Yet more than 2,000 uncounted provisional ballots remain before the county with a history of vote counting goof-...Tags: Allen West, Politics, Voting, Elections
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Palm Beach County vote counting continues day after election
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe day after Election Day, Palm Beach County still had thousands of absentee and provisional ballots to count and a looming Friday deadline to report results to the state. "We are trying to work as fast as we can," Supervisor......Tags: Politics, Voting, Elections
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Palm Beach County upgrades troubled vote-counting computer system
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to upgrade vote-counting software, just over a month after a vote-counting mix-up in the Wellington city council election. The software improvements cost $117,450 in a deal with Dominion Voting Systems,...Tags: Politics, Riviera Beach, Wellington, Palm Beach County, Elections
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Palm Beach County's 5 hottest political races
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsDemocrats and Republicans, political operatives and elected officials, Broward and Palm Beach county residents all agree: In the South Florida battleground of white-hot 2012 election contests, none is hotter than the showdown between two incumbent state...Tags: Parties and Movements, West Palm Beach, Republican Party, Primaries, Florida Legislature
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Palm Beach County charter changes could be losing support
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County staffers are recommending against major charter changes that would shift the local balance of power more toward the County Commission. County commissioners are considering asking voters in November to change the county charter, which...Tags: Politics, Voting, Local Government, Elections
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