Unlike the weather, however, something can be done about election reform. In just 16 months, voters return to the polls to elect the governor and the Cabinet and fill almost every legislative seat as well as a laundry list of local ones. Gov. Jeb Bush didn't earmark any money for it in his budget.
Most Republican lawmakers seem preoccupied with the state's tight financial straits.
Undoubtedly, some form of reform will pass during the 60-day legislative session that starts Tuesday. Bush plans to address the task force recommendations at a news conference Monday. We want to have a process in all 67 counties that voters can feel confident in. . . I think the Republicans are in a very, very difficult spot. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is so incensed with what he sees as legislative inaction that he's vowed to send U.S. Justice Department observers to the state if lawmakers fail to enact needed reforms.