Florida -- everyone agrees something is wrong, but don't agree on what the "thing" is
The Miami Daily Business Review reports: Even though Tuesday's election in Florida went far smoother than the 2000 presidential election, the various problems that arose might well have led to a protracted legal battle if the contest between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry had been closer.
With that frightening possibility in mind, Republicans, Democrats and independent watchdog groups agreed Wednesday that major election reform is needed in Florida.
But, in a sign of political roadblocks ahead, critics of different stripes sharply disagreed on what the biggest problems were and how they should be solved. ...
[Stephen N. Zack, a Miami attorney who is Florida counsel for the Kerry/Edwards campaign] said the Legislature and governor need to adopt all the recommendations of Bush's bipartisan commission in 2001.
Zack noted that the Legislature implemented only 23 of 35 recommendations -- not including one that the entire state use a paper-based, optical scan voting system. -- law.com - Article