- The Polls Are Closed
- 3 Identical Homes, 3 Different Tax Bills
- Romney Camp, Media Swarm St. Pete
- Turned Away Part 2
- Turned Away But Determined To Vote
- ‘Hillary’s Been Through It Once Before’
- A Vote For Ron Paul
- She Has The Right To Remain Silent
- Thompson’s Out, So They Voted For Huckabee
- A ‘Yes’ Vote For Stimulating The Economy
- ‘If I Vote Yes, I Lose My Job’
- Sarasota Replaces 6 Faulty Voting Machines
- Sun City Center Republican ‘Leaning Toward Obama’
- Riverview Mormon Gives McCain Her Vote
- Realtor Says Amendment Will Help Housing Market
As of 7 p.m., polls are officially closed in Florida.
Join Tribune reporter William March tonight for ongoing coverage of the results of today’s election in his March On Politics blog.
Goodnight.
Homeowner David Ball, 39, only has to look on either side of him to see the clear disparities created by the Save Our Homes property tax cap.
“On my block, the guy next door pays half of what I pay,” he said. “And the other guy next to me is a rental place, so he’s at full [taxes]. You’ve got three identical homes in the same block receiving the same services getting three different tax bills. That’s not fair.”
And that’s why he voted against Amendment 1 this afternoon at a Clearwater precinct.
“It doesn’t fix the problem. It makes it worse,” said Ball, a calibration technician still in his powder blue work shirt, which has a “Dave” name patch.
Satellite trucks from all over the country have descended on St. Petersburg this afternoon for a front-row seat in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is holding what he hopes will be a celebration party tonight at the Mirror Lake Lyceum, a historic building that was once a church in downtown St. Pete.
At last check, the polls show Romney in a statistical dead heat with former U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Romney is holding his Florida election night party here in the Tampa Bay area, in part because this is one of his strongholds in the state, according to the most recent Mason-Dixon poll.
Statewide, however, the race is a statistical dead heat, with Romney holding a one-point lead over McCain. It is unclear how Gov. Charlie Crist’s endorsement of McCain will translate in the primary.
The party gets underway here at 7:30 p.m. There’s no word yet on when Romney will make an appearance.
This was to have been 18-year-old Sara Hurst’s first election.
But the University of South Florida freshman living on campus for the first time found out she had to vote in the precinct near her parents’ home in Lutz.
That was too far away to make the vote and still get to a 6 p.m. class.
She has no party affiliation, but she intended to vote against Amendment 1.
”It’s not going to help homeowners,” she said.
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