Paddy Power, Europes largest betting company, decided to pay out 400,000 to punters who wagered on President Obama before the polls even opened Tuesday, the firm announced.
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U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, is expressing concern that the lengthy ballot in Miami-Dade County may detract some voters in her district.
A release from the congresswomans office noted the ballot in Miami-Dade County is 10 pages long, written in three languages, and people have waited three hours or more at some precincts.
By Nancy Smith
Oops. Election Day snafu No. 1 (as far as we know so far) comes not from South Florida but from the left coast, from Pinellas County, where hundreds of voters were told to come to the polls on Wednesday, not today.
A robocall meant to be auto-dialed on Monday mistakenly went out between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Those on the receiving end were folks who asked to vote by mail but hadn't returned their ballots.
By Kevin Derby
As we approach Election Day, just where do the final poll averages show the candidates standing?
RealClearPolitics, which calculates its averages by taking into account polls conducted by the most reputable firms -- including those conducted by Sunshine State News -- shows President Obama winning the Electoral College vote, and therefore re-election: 303 votes, to Romney's 235.
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Fox Business Network Anchor Melissa Francis, who will be in Tampa on Tuesday night, rattled off five items about the election for Florida voters on Monday:
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Election Night results will be available at http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/.
All results will be preliminary until Saturday, when the unofficial results are reported.
A recount cannot be ordered until the unofficial results are reported.
A machine recount is ordered when the statewide results are within half a percent, and if the results after the machine recount are within a quarter, a hand recount will take place, but only to review the over and under votes.
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Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Joseph L. Caruncho and Robert W. Stork to the Florida Polytechnic University board of trustees.
Caruncho, 54, of Miami, is CEO of Preferred Care Partners. Hes served on the Florida International Universitys board of trustees, Foundation board, College of Business Deans Council, and Center for Leadership Advisory Council.
Stork, 60, of Vero Beach, is the CEO of Communications International Inc. He serves on the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and the Florida Technology, Research, and Scholarship board.
By Nancy Smith
On Sunday, when the Tampa Bay Times staff named the Democratic legislative candidates their "Loser of the Week," they so nailed it.
Wrote the Times, "We can't help suspect that the GOP plan to oust three Florida Supreme Court justices was actually a head fake to ensure trial lawyers spend millions defending the justices instead of helping elect Democratic legislators."
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Gov. Rick Scott and first lady Ann Scott will cast their ballots Tuesday morning in Naples.
Hopefully, the governor is listed as being among the active voters when he arrives at the St. Ann Jubilee Center.
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While gas is rationed in New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, the devastation left across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast isnt pushing up gas prices across Florida and the Southeast.
The big reasons being that the area impacted isnt a major oil production hub, while Europe continues to struggle with its debt crisis which has decreased global demand, according to AAA.
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