An old argument reared it's head once again in a protracted battle between Flagler County's Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks and the city of Palm Coast.

It took months of threats of lawsuits and arguing for Weeks and the city to come to an agreement for using the city's Community Center for early voting this year.

An inter-local agreement was drawn up and elections were held last month, including the early-voting period.

But troubles surrounding that early voting erupted during a special meeting of the Canvassing Board Friday afternoon.

They spent two hours arguing over parking spots and how many should be set aside for early voting.

Yet the argument went beyond that as the meeting wore on.

It boils down to control of the facility.

Weeks wants total control, cancellation of all other activities for the two weeks early voting period.

No other early-voting site, the county's government complex and the county library in Palm Coast does that.

Weeks argues the county ceded the community center to the city when it incorporated to be used for government service purposes.

In a tense exchange, Al Hadeed, who serves as Flagler County Attorney as serves in the same role with the Canvassing Board wondered out loud where the line would drawn.

“If your position is correct, then that means all the activities that the city council has been scheduling for recreational activities and civic activities are illegal,” said Hadeed.

“Could be,” replied Weeks.

A response which dumbfounded Hadeed. “Well, I think in your heart and in your intellect you know that's wrong,” added Hadeed.

Hadeed drew up an eight-point plan in hopes of mediating a solution between Weeks and the city, a plan Weeks had no interest in.

The goal now is to make things work for the November General Election and then, perhaps, find a different site for early voting in years to come.

Near the end of the meeting, an exasperated chairperson Judge Milissa Moore-Stens applauded Weeks for trying to offer so many early voting opportunities.

“I want our voters to be able to have as many opportunities to vote as possible but if this is going to cause this much problems, we need to re-evaluate whether that site is an appropriate site moving forward,” said Judge Moore-Stens.

Also at Friday's meeting as an additional attorney was Roberta Walton, who was retained by Weeks and was introduced as the canvassing board attorney.

Board members did not discuss her position Friday and it's unclear just what her role on the Canvassing Board is.