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State Attorney Learns Dangers of Wooing Big Moneynew

Katherine Fernandez Rundle is facing the most significant election challenge of her 11-year tenure as Miami-Dade State Attorney, having stepped into her critics' crosshairs by attending a fundraiser hosted by a politically active businessman whose daughter had a criminal case pending at the State Attorney's Office.
Miami New Times  |  Tristram Korten  |  10-20-2004  |  Politics

Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nadernew

Harvard University constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe argued before the Florida Supreme Court that keeping Ralph Nader's name on the state's ballot would be not only "chaotic," but "worse than the butterfly ballot, you'll need a centipede ballot."
Miami New Times  |  Brett Sokol  |  10-13-2004  |  Politics

Hip-Hop Generation Descends on Florida With Slam Bushnew

Slam Bush, a political action committee created by the League of Pissed-Off Voters, has created a video in which hip-hop artist Wordsworth debates with the virtual image of George W. Bush.
Miami New Times  |  Mosi Reeves  |  09-29-2004  |  Politics

Can We Trust These Infernal Voting Machines?new

The answer depends somewhat on how much you trust your government and the free-market democracy it leases. The truth is that the standards for accuracy and accountability have always been pretty low in American elections.
Miami New Times  |  Rebecca Wakefield  |  09-28-2004  |  Politics

Nixon Rewound: RNC Brings to Mind Miami Beach, 1972new

Florida delegates headed to New York for the Republican National Convention don't know what might await them on the streets. But the group is a bit more diverse than the effete martini-sippers New York's anarchists apparently envision.
Miami New Times  |  Brett Sokol  |  08-23-2004  |  Politics

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