Clumsy Legalese Like many of my fellow Floridians, I went to the polls this week armed with my completed sample ballot and spent just a few minutes casting my vote in the booth. But I had spent a considerable amount of time beforehand trying to decipher the legalese used in the proposed constitutional amendments. I finally gave up and waited for the Trib to translate them for me. That's unacceptable! ...more

November 8, 2008

TAMPA A move may be under way among Hillsborough County Republicans to replace county party Chairman David Storck, who forwarded an e-mail shortly before Tuesday's election containing language some considered racist. ...more

November 7, 2008

Yesterday, we sent out a request for how people tuned into election news – on TV, online, through social media sites, text messages, etc. ...more

November 5, 2008

It's over. I don't know for sure, of course. But my guess is the sun is going to come out this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

When Congressman Tim Mahoney admitted two weeks ago he had paid a mistress not to talk about her affair with the freshman Democrat, then admitted to other extra-marital affairs, it was assumed his political goose was cooked. ...more

November 4, 2008

Brandon area voters turned out in full force Tuesday morning, with lines at some precincts 200 and 300 deep by 9 a.m. The crowds thinned during the course of the day, and by 1 p.m. most polling places experienced the typical post-lunch lull. ...more

November 4, 2008

5:24 p.m.: At Precinct 939, the Apollo Beach Community Church, poll deputy Daniel McCarthy said turnout has been very heavy today, and it's getting busier as the day goes on. He did not know exactly how many people had voted. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:45 p.m.: Amanda Reyes, 19, says she missed her first chance to vote for president by minutes. ...more

November 4, 2008

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:04 p.m.: There were just 12 cars in the lot at Riverview High School, polling place for Precinct 952, just before 6 p.m. today. ...more

November 4, 2008