As I reported last week, Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford and nine other supervisors testified yesterday about their experiences during the 2012 General Election before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee,…
Category: 2012 Presidential Race
Hernando Today: Oops, GOP miscalculated who would vote
My Florida Voices column got picked up by the Tampa Tribune’s Hernando Today: “The worst thing that happened to the Republican Party and its presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012 general election…
Schieffer: Some broken hearts, empty wallets (video)
Bob Schieffer reflects on some wealthy people who spent a lot of money on 2012 election cycle, making him remember the days when rich people gave their extra cash to charity. Source:…
Survey: Republican Party Can’t Count on Florida Latino Vote
By, Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection MIAMI – While the nation waits for Florida’s complete election results, there is already an indication that Latinos played a large role in the number…
Waiting It Out on the Dividing Line
With Florida split down the middle in the presidential race, Republicans and Democrats in Pensacola gathered at their respective Election Day bashes. Both camps were gearing up for a long night. The…
Looks like May, Robertson and Barry will be elected to Escambia County Commission
The leads that Wilson Robertson, Lumon May and Steve Barry have are nearly insurmountable, according to Commissioner Grover Robinson who is at Supervisor David Stafford’s office. Also Janet Holley, Chris Jones and…
Doing political commentary on WCOA tonight
In the WCOA studio with Don Parker and Brian Newkirk, we will start broadcasting election coverage at 7 p.m. We will have ABC coverage on the national races. Don, Jim Sanborn (who…
Poll worker almost keeps wife of candidate from voting
Early today, a poll worker at Precinct 56, Escambia County Environmental/Health offices by Legion Field, was aggressively questioning the signatures of African-American voters. The wife of Lumon May, Democratic candidate for Escambia…
Is Romney GOTV more high tech than Obama
A reader called to say that the Romney Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort in Escambia County is more sophisticated than what observers are seeing from the Obama camp. He says that…
Gulf Breeze, Fla voting disaster
The Santa Rosa County precinct 22 in the Gulf Breeze Recreation Center is a voting disaster. We have a reporter that the precinct did not have a voting scanner when it opened…
There is still a lot of voting to be done today
In 2008, 154,864 votes were cast in Escambia County in the presidential race. John McCain got 59 percent of them; Obama 40 percent. During the early voting period, 42,832 votes were cast…
Tell us what you see at the polls
Voting will be heavy today. In Gulf Breeze at the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center, over 150 voters were in line this morning at 7. One reader texted me that it took…
Keys to voting smoothly
The Florida League of Women Voters offers these tips: First, verify your polling location. Your precinct site may have changed, so check with your local Supervisor of Elections office in advance to…
Romney Robo Calls for Friday, Nov 2
The phone at the house has been ringing. We’ve gotten four calls on four different issues: 1) On Obamacare and how it puts bureaucrats between us and our doctor. We need to…
League asks Scott to extend early voting through Sunday
The League of Women Voters of Florida has sent the following letter to Governor Rick Scott, urging him to accommodate the needs of early voters by extending the early-voting period until Sunday,…
Now Biden visit is moving to Friday or Saturday
Democrats have been scrambling today. Now I’m hearing Biden will not be here tomorrow (the logistics were too tough for such a short notice). Maybe we will get firmer information sometime soon.
Buzz: Biden coming to Pensacola
The Democrats have not given up on Florida. We just got a text from a friend in D.C. VP Joe Biden is coming to Pensacola. Trying to find exactly when he will…
Taco Bell’s Political Pressure?
Apparently, an area Taco Bell outlet may be weighing in on the current presidential election. An anonymous caller relayed an insertion she said employees of the Warrington Taco Bell recently received in…
Pensacola Romney Rally: Voices from the Crowd
By James Hagan…. Romney Rally Fires Up Locals… Long a conservative stronghold, Pensacola greeted Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney with an enthusiastic capacity crowd at the Pensacola Bay Center on October 27….
Who is leading in Electoral votes
To be elected president a candidate needs 270 electoral votes. Most media has Obama ahead, but with plenty of votes undecided. The New York Times shows Obama with 185 solid votes and…