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Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2018

After a brief scheduling call Friday afternoon, lawyers will be in court Wednesday to argue for and against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s lawsuit to count provisional and mail ballots invalidated because of mismatched signatures. And it only took a short while before Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle brought up the specter of Bush v. Gore. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2018

North Fort Myers Republican Matt Caldwell continues to lose ground in the Agriculture Commissioner race to Democrat Nikki Fried. The current deficit is over 3,000 votes. However, for Caldwell there is a caveat. And that caveat rests in potential vote count rigging. On Friday, Caldwell’s campaign filed legal action against the Supervisor of Elections in majority Democratic Broward […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Making his first appearance since the election – and doing so only by video-download, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused his opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted, and Nelson vowed to not let that happen. In a video statement downloaded via satellite or through YouTube, Nelson charged […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2018

Congressman Matt Gaetz, one of presumed Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ transition chairs, called on Friday for the suspension of Broward County’s supervisor of elections. Broward Supervisor Brenda Snipes was just found to have violated the constitutional rights of Floridians. It would be outrageous to allow her to continue this fiasco. @FLGovScott needs to do his job, suspend her, […]

Staff ReportsNovember 9, 2018

Hurricane Michael inflicted nearly $1.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putman announced Friday. By far, the timber industry bore the worst of it, losing $1.3 billion. “Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, and many of Florida’s rural communities, which rely heavily on agriculture, took the worst hit,” Putnam said in a […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Overnight changes in the vote totals for Florida’s three contested statewide race show Republican Ron DeSantis‘ lead in the governor’s election slipping to 36,000 votes, Republican Rick Scott’s lead in the U.S. Senate election down to 15,000, and Democrat Nikki Fried moving out to an almost 3,000 vote lead for Agriculture Commissioner. That calls for […]

Jacob OglesNovember 8, 2018

Democrat Nikki Fried now holds the lead over Republican Matt Caldwell in tabulated votes in the Agriculture Commissioner race. Out of over 8.046 million votes counted, Fried leads by 2,885. If she wins and replaces incumbent Adam Putnam, Fried would be the first Democrat in the Cabinet for a number of cycles. Caldwell held a […]

Jacob OglesNovember 8, 2018

Republican Matt Caldwell took Broward County elections officials to task as his lead over Democrat Nikki Fried disappeared in the statewide Agriculture Commissioner contest. Caldwell spokesman Brian Swenson attacked Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes while promising the campaign will ensure every vote gets counted. “We have watched Brenda Snipes and the Broward Supervisor of […]

Jacob OglesNovember 8, 2018

Florida Democratic leaders rejoiced as Democrat Nikki Fried seized the lead in the state Agriculture Commissioner race over Republican Matt Caldwell. Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Terrie Rizzo released a statement congratulating Fried on her “win.” “As the important work of counting every last legal vote continues, it has become clear that the electoral process has worked […]

Ryan NicolNovember 8, 2018

The League of Women Voters (LWV) is out with a public service announcement amid the various recounts, urging those who cast provisional ballots to verify them. Voters are given two days following an election to provide ID or other documentation to their county’s Supervisor of Elections to verify their identity and make sure their ballots […]

Headlines

Judge sets hearing in case over ballots with mismatched signatures

As Nikki Fried expands lead, Matt Caldwell sues Broward elections supervisor

Bill Nelson accuses Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted

‘Un-American and unacceptable’: Matt Gaetz wants Broward SOE suspended

Hurricane Michael dealt $1.3 billion wallop to timber producers

The latest: Governor’s race in machine recount; Senate’s, Ag Commissioner’s in hand recount

Recount looms in Ag Commissioner race, as Nikki Fried seizes lead

Matt Caldwell labels Broward elections corrupt as recount looms

Premature? Democratic leaders congratulate Nikki Fried for victory

Recount: League of Women Voters pleads with provisional voters to fix ballots