Campbell says voters told him he wasn't on ballot
Miami-Herald. BY EVAN S. BENN  November 9, 2006
 
As election officials investigate the possibility of serious voting flaws in Sarasota, the runner-up in Tuesday's state attorney general race is questioning whether his race was omitted from some South Florida ballots.

Walter ''Skip'' Campbell, a Democrat who lost to Republican Bill McCollum, said voters complained to him that neither the attorney general nor the chief financial officer races appeared on their ballots in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

''There were at least 100 reports to me directly,'' Campbell said. 'One guy said, `I wanted to vote for you, but I couldn't because your name wasn't on the ballot.' ''

The complaints came from precincts in Dania Beach, Coral Springs and Tamarac, as well as some in Miami-Dade and Fort Myers, according to Campbell and his campaign staff. Campbell had said he would consider filing a legal challenge if the vote total was close.

Statewide, about 4.6 million people cast votes in the race. McCollum received about 230,000 more votes than Campbell, winning with 52.5 percent to Campbell's 47.5 percent.

In Democrat-leaning Broward and Miami-Dade, Campbell got the lion's share of votes, registering 452,608 to McCollum's 289,167.