David Penoyer picked up 31 votes during an unofficial recount Thursday, but not enough to win a seat on the Temple Terrace City Council. ...more

January 30, 2009

David Penoyer picked up 31 votes during an unofficial recount today, but not enough to win a seat on the Temple Terrace City Council. Penoyer fell short by 53 votes to overtake Mary Jane Neale, who was elected to the board in November. The 36-year-old environmental engineer said he doesn't plan to pursue any further action to challenge the outcome of the race. ...more

January 29, 2009

William Kingeter is wasting no time gearing up for the 2010 election. ...more

January 22, 2009

In a bizarre postscript to the problem-plagued Nov. 4 election, Hillsborough County officials said Friday they have discovered 440 uncounted ballots more than two months after the official results were submitted to the state for certification. ...more

January 17, 2009

Newly elected Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky has discovered about 400 uncounted ballots from the Nov. 4 election. The discovery was made Thursday at the supervisor's Falkenburg Road offices. ...more

January 16, 2009

Buddy Johnson may be out of office, but the mess he made as Hillsborough County supervisor of elections will haunt taxpayers in the coming months. The dismaying episode provides a useful lesson for voters. ...more

January 7, 2009

It happens in every election; the candidates spend eye-popping amounts of money to get in - or remain in - an office that pays a relatively small salary. ...more

November 23, 2008

More than a dozen Hillsborough County elections office workers hunkered down in a glass-walled room in Brandon on Wednesday afternoon and started counting what could add up to about 70,000 ballots that have yet to be tabulated. ...more

November 6, 2008

It was a wild five hours for Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson. He nearly got into a altercation with a television cameraman. He offered support, then condemnation for a voting equipment contractor that he researched and recommended that the county use. And as the county fell hours behind in tabulating votes for the 2008 general election, he heaped praise on his staff and offered strange reasons why they didn't deserve to be blamed, even partially, for the delay. ...more

November 5, 2008

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark credits the high number of early voters and absentee and mailed in ballots as the reason everything went smoothly with the election in Pinellas County. ...more

November 4, 2008