Judge rules posting signs in polling places re Joe Negron violates FL law

[flpoljunkie]

Signs Banned From Polling Places

Circuit Judge Janet Ferris agreed with the Florida Democratic Party that posting signs in polling places that alert voters that Joe Negron is running in place of Mark Foley violates state law.

Ferris granted their request for an emergency injuction on Wednesday, which prevents supervisors of elections from posting such signs.

opinion.pdf

Update! Secretary of State's Office (appointed by Jeb Bush) plans to appeal.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2006/10/signs_banned_fr....

[bear425]

1. This is a good ruling. An appeal will not work.

I hope.

[RockaFowler]

2. Thank the Court for this one

I am so glad the Dems decided to fight this. I know Arthur Anderson did not want to put up the signs at all in Palm Beach.

Hey Jeb, you can't always win by cheating

[woldnewton]

3. I hope, too!

It's nice to see Dems taking the initiative. Repubs are shameless when it comes to this kind of thing; notice their whining in NJ when the NJ Supreme Court allowed the replacement of corrupt Torricelli w/honest senator with integrity Lautenberg as the Democratic candidate on the ballot -- it's nice to see the Democracy Party fighting back, and exposing the GOP's ever-present hypocrisy!

[seafan]

4. Overseas e-mail sent by State Dept on Foley angers Democrats

Overseas e-mail on Foley angers Democrats

BY JENNIFER MOONEY PIEDRA
October 18, 2006

Just in case any American on Earth hasn't heard about the Mark Foley sex scandal, the State Department sent an e-mail advisory Tuesday to U.S. citizens in Iraq alerting them of the congressman's resignation.

The message went out to all citizens registered at the U.S. Consul in Baghdad -- and possibly in other countries -- reminding them that, if they are Florida voters who live in the 16th Congressional District, a vote for Foley is actually a vote for his Republican replacement, state Rep. Joe Negron.

''Foley's name will remain on the ballot for both absentee and regular ballots,'' the e-mail reads. ``Any votes cast for Foley will count toward the total of the substitute candidate.''

Officials from the campaign for Negron's Democratic challenger, Tim Mahoney, are livid over the correspondence, saying it is a Republican ploy to maintain the GOP stronghold in Congress.

''Here they go again -- Karl Rove and his crowd are interfering with another Florida election,'' said Charles Halloran, a spokesman for the Mahoney campaign.

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The U.S. Consul in Baghdad sent out the message at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, according to a copy of the e-mail obtained by The Miami Herald.

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But, the republicans don't like to follow the rule of Florida law. Then, now or ever.

The State Dept quickly sent this info out on Tuesday morning, to reach overseas voters, knowing that the lawsuit in FL was underway. And the judge on the case has now upheld that ballot notification of this sort violates state law.