Reply #63: FL: Election supervisor's name is everywhere at the polls - is it fair?

[tbyg52]

Walk into a polling place in Broward County, and you're confronted with the name of Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes. Again and again and again. Her name is ubiquitous.

Chris Chiari, a candidate for state House of Representatives in the November election, said it's way over the top. And he's a Democrat, like Snipes, and says he's neutral in the primary contest that pits the incumbent against challenger Adriane Reesey.

The signs and papers go right with the voter into the booth, on the privacy sleeve that people use to put their ballots in while toting them to the scanners, and on the side of the booth on a notice advising voters to check the reverse side of the ballot to make sure there are no races there.

(In my precinct this morning, while I waited for the Electronic Voter Identification machine to read my driver's license, I looked down and saw a stack of "Dr. Brenda C. Snipes Supervisor of Elections" business cards.)

"You can't walk into a polling location anywhere in Broward County without seeing Dr. Snipes' name at least half a dozen times," Chiari said. "I like the supervisor, but she is in a contested election."

More:
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/08/election_supervisors_name_is_e.html