As early voting began today, Pasco County residents experienced long lines at many of the seven early voting locations around the county. At some locations, such as the New River Library in Wesley Chapel near Zephyrhills, the line was out the door. "[Turnout] is way higher than anyone anticipated," Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley said. About 30,000 Pasco County residents voted early in 2004 and Corley said he expects to top that number this year. ...more

October 20, 2008

These days, everyone who gets a driver's license is asked the question: "Do you want to register to vote?" ...more

September 10, 2008

The Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Office might have used a star on a sign in front of the county courthouse to mark how many voters showed up for Tuesday's primary, but officials never expected the turnout to be stellar. ...more

August 28, 2008

As illuminating juxtapositions go, this one was hard to miss. Inside the Alice Hall Community Center, nerve center for the city of pure water's election day activities, the action was as cool as the refrigerated air. Fewer than 100 yards away, lifelong friends lounged in the steamy shade cast by a blue awning while tots splashed in water park spray, both generations utterly indifferent to the day's electoral possibilities or implications. ...more

August 27, 2008

Joe Pimenta and Marzell Brown stood outside College Hill Branch Library just before 10 a.m. Monday, waiting for the doors to open so they could vote in the Aug. 26 primary election. ...more

August 12, 2008

Early voting for the primary elections begins today, and if past years are any indication, many will head to the polls over the next two weeks rather than vote on Election Day. Hillsborough County voters casting their primary election ballot early increased 102 percent from 2004 to 2006. ...more

August 11, 2008

With millions of new voters heading to the polls this November and many states introducing new voting technologies, election officials and voting monitors say they fear the combination is likely to create long lines, stressed-out poll workers and late tallies on Election Day. ...more

July 21, 2008

I came away from an election-poll-workers' training session the other day shaking my head in wonderment. Just as I felt that the registered voters of Hillsborough County, after a few elections, were becoming adjusted to using the touch-screen voting machines, we have taken a giant step backward for mankind by going to paper ballots. ...more

July 18, 2008

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson's tenure has been plagued by questions - about hush-up payments to a former aide, his failure to his pay property taxes on time, even his willingness or ability to forthrightly explain his office's operations. ...more

June 13, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Several hundred county poll workers got a sneak peek today, Wednesday, at the optical scanner voting machines Pasco voters will use during the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

June 11, 2008