Yes­ter­day, Michael Weiss reported on the cur­rent bal­ance of the Elec­toral Col­lege as part of his Elec­tion Watch series. Look­ing at his data, it’s clear that Florida may be an impor­tant fac­tor in the upcom­ing Pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, as it was in 2000’s Bush-​​Gore con­test.

This may explain the extra­or­di­nary mea­sures which the cur­rent Repub­li­can gov­er­nor of the state is fol­low­ing to deter­mine who will be able to vote. It also explains the inter­est that var­i­ous minor­ity rights groups have in keep­ing that effort hon­est. (more…)