Moreover, counting uncontested votes in a contest would be irrelevant to a determination of whether certain uncounted votes constitute legal votes that have been rejected.
Some have claimed that vote swapping constitutes illegal vote buying under federal law or state statutes.
Bruce ruled out any referendum, stating that the amendment would constitute a vote of confidence in his government and urged his party to vote it down.
This court has repeatedly held, in accordance with the statutory law of this state, that so long as the voter's intent may be discerned from the ballot, the vote constitutes a "legal vote" that should be counted.
Appellants also contend that the trial court erred in finding that they failed to satisfy their burden of proof with respect to the 3,300 votes that the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board reviewed and concluded did not constitute "legal votes" pursuant to section 102.168(3)(c).
They don't really constitute a voting bloc, because their political allegiances reflect income and education as much as creed.
As the majority further acknowledges, Florida law holds that all ballots that reveal the intent of the voter constitute valid votes.
In Poland, as in Ireland on Monday, Mr. Obama reached out to countries with large emigrant populations that constitute potent voting blocs in the United States.
Because the appellants have failed to introduce any evidence to refute the canvassing board's determination that the 3,300 ballots did not constitute "legal votes," we affirm the trial court's holding as to this issue.
However, unlike the approximately 9,000 ballots in Miami-Dade that the county canvassing board did not manually recount, the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board did complete a manual recount of these 3,300 votes and concluded that, because the intent of the voter in these 3,300 ballots was not discernable, these ballots did not constitute "legal votes".
It is the hour to unite and change our future, the future of our children — and the future of this country!" And every weekend, at a small table behind the newspapers and a case of cold sodas, a trickle of newly minted citizens are doing just that — not in numbers large enough to constitute a voting bloc, but enough to make politicians take notice.
