Florida officials order partial recount in tight House race between West and Dem challenger Murphy

Election officials in St. Lucie County will recount early votes cast in the hotly contested race for Florida’s 18th district’s House seat between Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West and his challenger, Democrat Patrick Murphy.

The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board announced late Saturday it had set an “emergency meeting” to start at 7 a.m. Sunday at its headquarters, to “recount all ballots cast during early voting.” The number of early [...]

State finds thousands of non-citizens on Florida voting rolls; will they prosecute?

Fueling the debate over the pervasiveness of election fraud in Florida, a Miami Herald article Tuesday exposed the possibility that thousands of illegal votes have been cast by foreigners, particularly in South Florida.

The Florida Division of Elections is already working to stem the problem, its spokesman told the Herald.

For the past year, the division has joined forces with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to identify potential fraud [...]