Move Over, Susan Bucher, You've Got Competition

All of a sudden embattled Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher has competition in the coming election. You just knew it was going to happen.

Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie only waited three days to jump on Bucher's latest embarrassing clunker and declare himself better suited for an important public-service job that requires precision and competence. Count him in as a candidate for Palm Beach County supervisor of elections.

On Monday an audit of March 13 local elections revealed that Bucher's office declared the wrong winners in two Wellington council races. Not only declared them but certified them. As a result, the office currently is part of a state investigation.

McDuffie, a Democrat like Bucher (though the office is officially, if laughably, nonpartisan), has been manager of information technology for the Palm Beach County property appraisers office for the past 15 years. He won the mayors job in 2009 and was re-elected without opposition in 2011.

In a prepared statement he said, Our citizens deserve to have confidence that our voting process is being safeguarded and properly managed. In addition, for too long Palm Beach County has had a blemished record of voting that has embarrassed the residents of our county and put us in a negative spotlight that hurts our countys image, our economy and our integrity."

No word yet if Bucher plans to run for re-election.
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