Ms. LePore is the Democratic official held responsible for the ballot design, the so-called butterfly ballot that many voters said they found confusing and a factor in voter errors.
The office -- which oversees elections and regulates securities in the state -- is important to the industry, May said, because it is responsible for drafting ballot referendum language.
Some put the numbers on the wrong ballot.Douglas Alexander, the Scottish secretary and the man responsible for designing the ballot paper, has asked the Electoral Commission to investigate.
But election officials, including Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach County elections supervisor who was responsible for the butterfly ballot, have refused to put them in place.
"It was the most open example of democracy in action that one could imagine," said Bruce Rogow, a lawyer who represents the county's elections supervisor, Theresa LePore, a Democrat who is held responsible for the butterfly ballot design some voters called confusing.
Board members were responsible for completing their ballots and returning it to our independent, third-partner ballot counting agent Perkins Coie.
The county will offer "memorabilia packages," to include a voting machine, the "butterfly" ballot, a certificate of authenticity and a signed photograph of the three-person county board responsible for overseeing the balloting.
Ms. Thernstrom took particular issue with a sentence in the report that, by the way it was worded, suggested that someone other than voters themselves were responsible for their spoiled ballots.
The counter is responsible for holding up the ballot, evaluating the vote, then showing the card to the Democratic and Republican observers, who can challenge the counter's decision.
Talk story about Florida lawyer Bruce Rogow, 60... Rogow (rhymes with "Pogo") represents the Palm Beach County supervisor of elections, Theresa LePore, who is responsible for the confusing butterfly ballot design in that electorally embattled county.
