The 2012 presidential election is over in many eyes, as President Barack Obama was declared the winner, yet the election results in Florida still aren't finalized. Florida is still counting up the votes to see who gets the state's 29 electoral votes.
The election winner was already decided, but some are still curious about the final electoral college vote count and the final popular vote count and they're still waiting on Florida.
Several issues with absentee ballots and problems at polling places are to blame for Florida's delay. As of Wednesday, nine counties, including Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Putnam, were still counting over 200,000 extra absentee ballots, according to Tampa Bay Online.
As of Thursday morning, President Obama is leading in the state with 4,161,866 votes and Mitt Romnet has 4,110,277 votes, but the numbers are still growing.
While the Presidential race is undecided in the state, some votes were finalized.
In Florida's senate race, Sen. Bill Nelson (D) defeated Republican Rep. Connie Mack. Nelson had 55 percent of the vote.
Floridians also had to vote on several amendments. Many of them were rejected. Eight of the 11 proposed amendment were shot down.
Amendment 1, which prevents punishments for refusing to buy health coverage in compliance with federal health care reforms, was rejected.
Amendment 3, which would replace current revenue limits with limits based on inflation and population changes, was also rejected.
Amendment 4, which would amend commercial and non-homestead property taxes, was also shot down.
Amendment 5, which would give the Legislature increased control over the judicial branch, was rejected.
Amendment 6, which prohibits public funds for abortions, was also turned down.
Amendment 8, which would repeal the ban on public dollars for religious funding, was rejected.
Amendment 10, which would provide an exemption from ad valorem taxes levied by local governments on tangible personal property that's value is greater than $25,000 but less than $50,000, was rejected as well.
Finally, Amendment 12, which revises selection process for student member of Board of Governors of State University System, was also rejected.
Three amendments were approved in the vote. Amendment 2 allows for property tax discounts for disabled veterans. Amendment 9 authorizes the legislature to totally or partially exempt surviving spouses of military veterans or first responders who died in the line of duty from paying property taxes. Amendment 11 allows counties and municipalities to offer additional tax exemptions on homes of low-income seniors.
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