2002 Voter Satisfaction Study State of Florida
November 2002 Benchmark Study Summary Results
Sponsored by Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc. and James Madison Institute
Introduction
Florida's voters went to the polls on November 5, 2002 to test one of
the nation's most
comprehensive election reform efforts since the very close and controversial
2000 presidential
election. New voting machines, new voter education efforts, new early voting
schedules, and
newly trained poll workers were key pieces of this election process.
With the whole world watching and holding its breath, Floridians voted early,
voted
absentee, and voted on election day. What was their satisfaction with the election
reforms?
Where do we need to further refine the voting process? And most important, do
Floridians feel
like their votes count?
The Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc. and the James Madison Institute
wanted to
know the answers to these and other important election reform questions. Together,
these two
organizations under expert guidance from Dr. Susan MacManus from the University
of South
Florida and chair of the Elections Commission, Dr. David Colburn from the University
of
Florida and member of Governor Bush's election task force, and pollster
Bruce Barcello
developed a survey instrument to ask Florida's voters how they felt about
the election reforms.
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