Susan Bucher

Happy New Year! We've survived the Y2K bug and the Mayan end of the world, but get ready for the scariest year of the new millennium, at least if you've got triskaidekaphobia. For those who fear the number 13, you might want to stay under the covers...

Dragging into the fourth day of vote counting after Election Day, Palm Beach County at 4:45 a.m. Saturday finally finished tallying delayed results from thousands of absentee and provisional ballots. Slowed by the tedious process of counting stacks of...

Palm Beach County???s influential Voters Coalition snubbed the home-county candidate, Lois Frankel, and awarded its congressional primary endorsement to Broward???s Kristin Jacobs. Full details. In one of the county???s other high-profile races, the...

At work, on the golf course and over cards, the political talk in South Florida is all about November's presidential election, but voters will choose dozens of local, state and federal leaders in the dead of summer. But you have to act fast if you're not...

The federal Department of Justice ordered a halt to Florida's systematic purge of suspected non-citizens from voter rolls, saying the effort breaks two federal laws. And concerns about the accuracy of the state's list of suspected non-citizens led all...

Democrats and Republicans, political operatives and elected officials, Broward and Palm Beach county residents all agree: In the South Florida battleground of white-hot 2012 election contests, none is hotter than the showdown between two incumbent state...

Random thoughts, observations and analysis from election night. Most recent posts will be at the top. 8:30 a.m. -- After an Election Day when many Democrats couldn't win, Alex Sink is showing that Democrats don't know how to lose. I......

The last big, public opportunity for the public to present issues to the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation before the spring lawmaking session in Tallahassee is set for Thursday. The delegation will consider local bills ??? proposals for narrowly...

Susan Bucher used to be the Palm Beach County Democrat that Republicans loved to hate. Smart and sharply partisan as a member of the state House of Representatives, she pushed hard for her liberal political views ??? often skewering Republicans......

Election Day isn???t until Tuesday in the 19th Congressional District, but turnout is already high in some areas based on early voting and absentee ballots. Candidates are competing to succeed former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who resigned at the beginning....

Long delays on the only nonstop flight between Tallahassee and West Palm Beach have the Palm Beach County legislative delegation hopping mad. The delegation relies on the flights to serve in the 60-day legislative session that began March 4....

Palm Beach County needs a change of leadership in the Supervisor of Elections Office, someone committed to consistently accurate and timely elections. Either of incumbent Arthur Anderson's two opponents would be a big improvement over an elections...