And some of the state's most prominent election lawyers are involved in overseeing the vote-tallying process.

For many years before that, he was known as a leading election lawyer in the state and a highly spirited Republican partisan.

But election lawyers said they believed that the Sept. 1 deadline was rigid.

Here, the person with the best election lawyer throws everybody else off the ballot.

It is there that the city's election lawyers are doing their best to throw opponents off the ballot before voters can get to the polls.

Several election lawyers said the transfer violated the spirit of the state's law, if not the letter.

"We couldn't find an election lawyer - they're all in Florida," explained one of the organizers.

Memo to Thanksgiving diners: give thanks that the election lawyers have all gone south.

Several election lawyers and public officials predicted that he would likely be successful.

Most important, it will reduce the need for election lawyers to protect candidates against ballot challenges.