The Deborah Clark Record
"She should be making it as easy to vote as
possible, not limiting options." Clark's
"stubborn crusade" is "wrongheaded." She is
"alone and dead wrong" on this issue.
St. Petersburg Times, 9/21/08
Her office "discourages early voting" and her early
voting plan "snubs half the county"
St. Petersburg Times, 1/23/08 &
2/8/08
"Pinellas Elections office needed eight private contractors for its electronic voting system. For the primary elect it was 13." St Petersburg Times 11/09/2006.
"Her staff lost track of 280 absentee and provisional ballots that were not counted until it was too late."
St. Petersburg Times, 11/4/05
"Careless, avoidable error has once again marred the
performance of Pinellas County Supervisor of
Elections Deborah Clark."
St. Petersburg Times Editorial, 12/8/04
Clark's office has been "plagued by more embarrassing mistakes" and "a series of gaffes"
St. Petersburg Times, 12/7/04
Her blunders have "raised bipartisan concerns about
Clark's management of the office"
St. Petersburg Times, 12/4/04
"She already has come under fire three times for
mishandling ballots"
St. Petersburg Times, 12/3/04
"In 2000, the office neglected to count about 1,400 absentee ballots on Election Day - and counted another 600 ballots twice."
St. Petersburg Times, 11/19/04
"About 600 voters who should have been able to vote in the [Lealman Fire Commission] race could not; another 700 who weren't entitled to vote were allowed"
St. Petersburg Times, 11/19/04
"Clark's election flubs draw fire."
St. Petersburg Times, 11/10/02