FL-13: GOPer’s Wife Had Voting TroublesWell, well, well. Another wrinkle in the post-election battle down in Florida’s 13th District.
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) has taken every opportunity to blast Democrat Christine Jennings for challenging the results of November’s election in the district, even accusing her of “destroying democracy.” But now it turns out that his own wife came to him about her own voting problems on Election Day.
“Mrs. Sandy Buchanan indicated on November 7, 2006 that she had difficulty registering her vote for Buchanan. [Vern Buchanan] did not respond to this complaint as the period for voting had nearly ended,” reads a recent court filing by Buchanan (you can read it here). A memo by Buchanan’s spokeswoman also turned over to Jennings as part of a court filing gives more detail:
“…on Election Day… Mrs. Buchanan indicated that she had to hit the button more than once, I think she said three times — to record her vote for Mr. Buchanan.”
Jennings has cited the testimony of hundreds of Sarasota County voters who had difficulties voting just like Sandy Buchanan to buffer her contention that electronic machine glitches cost her the election.