More than 900 people provided information about themselves and their votes in a TBO.com survey, providing a look at what's behind the election results across the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 10, 2008

I never would have imagined that both collecting votes and counting them could be bungled again in Hillsborough County. What happened to the concept of learning from your past mistakes? There are plenty of those to choose from. ...more

November 10, 2008

If they're smart, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats will resist as much as possible the temptation to flex their new mandate muscles. ...more

November 9, 2008

We think we would all agree that it is great that the election is finally over. It is a long day for the workers at the polls, starting at 6 a.m. and ending after 8 p.m., plus there are several schools and meetings that we must attend before every election. The workers of Precinct 5, the Sebring Hills Club House, would like to publicly thank Sonny's Real Pit Barbecue, Brenda Brady and her staff, for providing us with a delicious meal both on Primary day in August and again on Election Day. Riverside Bank sent us doughnuts and Chili's sent chips and salsa. From the bottom of our hearts, the 13 people who worked want to say a very sincere thank you for supporting us. ...more

November 9, 2008

Yet another new voting system for Hillsborough County? That's a possibility as the county tries to determine what role the newly purchased optical-scan voting machines - and the system's owner, Premier Election Solutions - played in Tuesday's election fiasco. ...more

November 8, 2008

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

When it comes to elections, lyrics by songwriter Mark Knopfler might best describe the day-after feelings of those who believed passionately in their candidates or issues. ...more

November 8, 2008

Well it's finally over. I didn't think the day would ever come when the signs would come tumbling down. Actually I missed a lot of the Election Day excitement by voting early, but we did drive by our precinct just to see how much of a line we would have had to wait in. When we got there, there was none. Precinct Sheriff Jim Smith, who was featured on the front page of our paper a week or so ago, said they had a large turnout but it was more of a steady flow, which kept the lines down. ...more

November 8, 2008

With his lead over Democratic opponent Phyllis Busansky evaporating, Buddy Johnson appeared briefly before a crowd of reporters early Thursday night and conceded the Hillsborough supervisor of elections race. ...more

November 7, 2008

One senses that your coverage of campaign 2008 was strategically designed to educate not sway the public. And you carried out that strategy wonderfully. ...more

November 6, 2008