FORT LAUDERDALE - Broward County officials have asked prosecutors to investigate about 30 registered voters who attempted to cast ballots twice in the Nov. 2 election.
Members of the county's canvassing board, who certified the county's election results Friday, said they were concerned about voters who cast ballots by touch-screen voting machine at early-voting sites in the days before Nov. 2, then tried to cast paper ballots at the precincts Election Day.
Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes said she has contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement about those who tried to vote more than once.
Meanwhile, the board tallied ballots for 87 Broward voters serving in the military.
Those voters chose Democratic candidate John Kerry over President Bush, 51-34. Two did not make a choice in the presidential race.
The number of rejected overseas military ballots was not available, but County Judge Robert Lee said more were rejected than counted.
Federal law allows election officials to count overseas ballots from voters serving in the armed forces up to 10 days after an election. The ballots had to be postmarked by Nov. 2 and received by Snipes' office by 5 p.m. Friday.
Police officer killed investigating wreck
ORMOND BEACH - A police officer died when he was struck by a car while investigating a minor traffic accident.
Officer Robert F. Grim, 60, was killed instantly by the car driven by 21-year-old Mishanna Coates, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Miller said.
A blood sample was taken from Coates and charges are pending, Miller said.
"We do believe this case is alcohol related," she said.
Grim was standing in an inside lane of an intersection near a tow truck when he was hit at about 11:45 p.m.
Miller said a passenger in Coates' car suffered minor injuries and was not taken to a hospital.
Grim was the first Ormond Beach officer killed in the line of duty, said Sgt. Kenny Hayes, a police spokesman.
Nearing his retirement, Orlando bishop resigns
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Bishop Norbert Dorsey as head of the diocese in Orlando, the Vatican said Saturday.
Dorsey, 74, is nearing the mandatory retirement age of 75.
His replacement, Thomas G. Wenski, 54, is the diocese's coadjutor and known as an advocate for immigrants, refugees and the poor.
