10 Years On, Palm Beach County Still Can't Get Vote Counting Right

It's been 10 years since Florida's infamous hanging chads. And Palm Beach County still sucks.

Theresa LaPore is gone, but the Supervisor of Elections' office remains in Democratic hands, and it's still the laughing stock of the state.

Falling behind early this election cycle, Susan Bucher's crew badly lagged every other county in Florida in processing absentee ballots. Then Election Night came, and matters got worse. Palm Beach was still in the throes of collecting ballots hours after virtually every other county had finished and gone to bed.

Bucher's only explanation was that "Palm Beach is a big county." Apparently, that was news to her. In any event, the job appeared to be too big for her. Or, more deviously, perhaps she was looking to make a play for Alex Sink. You can bet that if the gubernatorial election were closer, Palm Beach would have come under more withering scrutiny -- and with good reason.

The question bears repeating: Why is it that "late" vote tallies always seem to happen in Democratic enclaves? Check out the latest shenanigans in Bridgeport, Conn., for a continuation of this sad saga.