By
WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
.
Published: Wed, December 26, 2007 - 4:00 pm
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The contest to pick a new state song ishalf way over and so far, only about 5,000 people have voted for
one of the three finalists.
That's prompting concerns from some people who argue the song
should not be picked by just a handful of the state's 18 million
residents.
The "Just Sing, Florida" online contest runs for one month and
gives Floridians a chance to vote on one of three songs as their
favorite.
Two state lawmakers want to replace the current state song "Old
Folks at Home," also known as "Swanee River," because its lyrics
have been criticized as racist.
The contest runs about two more weeks. It has tallied 5,350
votes so far, but ten percent of those votes are invalid because
the voters did not include a legitimate cell phone number on the
Web site's registration form.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Vote for your favorite finalist at http://www.justsingflorida.org/
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