Research Paper on:
Florida's Election Primary of 2002

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The recent debacle which the world witnessed in the September 2002 primary elections in South Florida is just one more chapter in a  book about the ineptness which characterizes the state and local governments which oversee elections there. It is also another chapter in the underlying problems which interweave the culturally and  racially diverse community in South Florida. Lester (2002) reports a multitude of human mishaps and technological glitches even though millions have been spent to upgrade the system since the  2000 presidential election. Some polls even opened up to five hours late resulting in people leaving without voting (Lester, 2002). The situation was so bad in the primaries in  fact that civil rights groups put in plans to monitor the subsequent November 6, 2002 election (Berry, 2002). Melanie Campbell, executive director of the National Coalition on Black Civil  Participation in Washington, contends that: "Florida will forever be the poster child for how not  to conduct an election" (Berry, 2002). No one entity can be blamed for the continued  problems which interlace South Florida elections, however. Indeed, the fault lies with each of the various stakeholders , from the judicial, executive, legislative, and administrative arms of the governmental  offices to the public itself. As the recent failure most emphasizes, the solution to Floridas problems lies not with a multimillion dollar retrofit of the voting system but with  an improvement in communications between these various stakeholders. In an election time is often a critical element and problems must be identified quickly and addressed expediently. Communication is