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Election Wrap

November 5th, 2014 by flanews

Election night in Florida came down to the wire as expected. As Matt Galka tells us, the Secretary of State says voting problems are a thing of the past, and it was a nervous night for both sides in the campaign of the state’s most controversial amendment.

Nothing was settled shortly after polls closed. But Secretary of State Ken Detzner said the election was a victory for the state.

“We are proving that Florida knows how to run elections,” said Detzner.

Florida has been plagued with election day problems in recent history.  2014’s were run of the mill, despite a challenge late to keep polls open later in South Florida because of a “systematic breakdown.’ It was denied.

“We feel like the judge filed the law correctly and denied the motion,” said the Secretary of State.

It what may have been the second most watched race in the state, it was a nervous night for the group spearheading the movement against medical marijuana.

The pot push needed 60% of the vote. It fell just short, but still had a majority of voters saying yes.

“In this case, I believe it says that there is a threshold, and the threshold is in law, and a loss is a loss, and that says that amendment is not right right now for Florida,” said Sarah Bascom, the spokeswoman for Vote No on 2.

The results were still a good sign for supporters.

“Unfortunatley the amendment didn’t pass, but I don’t believe that means this issue is over, we’re going to go back to the legislature again,” said Yes on 2 advocate Ron Watson.

It’s expected the measure will be brought back in 2016, a presidential election year. Polls for Amendment 2 started out as high as 88 percent earlier this year, and it wasn’t until last month when they fell below the 60 percent threshold.

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