Monthly Archives: September 2008

Wennet to appeal

No surprise here. However, Wennet will have an uphill battle. The Palm Beach County canvassing board has already certified the results. Also, the State Canvassing Board is meeting Monday. According to Secretary of State Kurt Browning, they will certify it too. The Post has the story here.

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Abramson certified winner by 60 votes

Will Wennet appeal? Probably. Here’s the story from the Post: After four weeks of counting, the Palm Beach County canvassing board tonight certified William Abramson the winner in a disputed judicial race. By a vote of 45,531 votes to 45,470 votes, Abramson defeated incumbent Circuit Court Judge Richard Wennet. The margin was 61 votes. Earlier [...]

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Youthful Offender change

JAABLOG has this piece about Y/O every criminal lawyer should know about. Effective October 1, 2008, section 958.04 is amended so that a YO sentence must be imposed before a defendant turns 21- this is a change from the prior language which required the offense to be committed before age 21. If you have any [...]

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Unofficial: Abramson ahead by 50

I helped hand count the ballots yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). Initially, Abramson was ahead by 115 votes (after the machine recount). After the hand count, Abramson is still unofficially ahead by about 50 votes. However, here’s the story you won’t read anywhere else: 159 provisional ballots were counted as “under-votes” by the machine. That’s [...]

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