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Seems Florida and Michigan are still struggling with the whole primary 'redo' problem. Now the governor of Florida is offering a taxpayer-funded mail-in election. "The DNC steadfastly refuses to seat delegates based on the results of the January primaries. Holding new statewide primaries appears prohibitively expensive - as much as $25-million for Florida. Regional caucuses are off the table in Florida because voter participation is low. The most plausible option is a vote-by-mail election, which could cost as little as $4-million... But the state Democratic Party doesn't have the money, and neither does the national party. Crist said he would consider a "blend" of private dollars and taxpayer dollars, but Bubriski said the state party opposes public money for the election when education and health care face funding cuts... Even though Dean has said the DNC won't pay for a revote, Crist said Democratic Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm made the point to him that there might be some wealthy individual out there who may have an interest in doing so."

Rico says this is a great opportunity for Bill Gates to spend some of his ill-gotten billions; they could even name the election after him...