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Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2018

America’s veterans understand the meaning of those hallowed words like no other group of citizens in this country. Now more than ever, it is every Floridian’s responsibility to ensure that our state’s returning veterans and their family members know that we have their back, and we thank them for their personal sacrifices and their selfless […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2017

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Over the past few days, the tone of the SD 40 special election has changed, as the early momentum held by Republican Jose Felix Diaz has tilted somewhat toward Democrat Annette Taddeo. The big weekend Democrats needed appears to have materialized. As of Monday, one day before the race to replace former Sen. Frank Artiles, 28,351 ballots have been […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2017

The first absentee ballots are going into the mail Monday evening for the Oct. 10 House District 44 special election and Democrat Paul Chandler is on them. And late Monday, Chandler told Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles that he’s is not resigning from the ticket, Cowles said. Chander said he will announce what […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017

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More than 2,000 absentee ballots already have been returned in the upcoming special Republican primary election for House District 44 in west Orange County. The office of Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles reported Tuesday afternoon that 7,175 absentee ballots have been requested and mailed out for the contest, and 2,063 already have been […]

Drew WilsonMarch 10, 2017

State Rep. Al Jacquet and Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard, both Democrats, got a little bit hands-on with voter outreach last year according to an investigation by the Palm Beach Post. The report found that both men entered the homes of vote-by-mail voters and “helped” them fill out their ballots. One voter who is […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Democratic House District 30 candidate Ryan Yadav is calling for the state to take “all steps necessary to address” missing ballots in Seminole County, suggesting there may be voter fraud at work. Yadav, who’s taking on Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes, is responding to news reports in the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday that the Seminole County […]

Staff ReportsOctober 11, 2016

Nearly 50,000 vote-by-mail ballots already have been returned out of the 2.7 million requested for the November general election. Tuesday’s tally, exactly 48,331, was posted on the state’s Division of Elections website. That includes ballots to service members and others outside the country. Registered Republicans lead in voted ballots to Democrats by 21,027 to 18,421, a gap of 2,606. Other party and […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2016

A detailed analysis of requests for mail-in ballots in Florida for the Nov. 8 general election shows Democrats are getting more proficient at getting their voters to request such ballots but still trail Republicans, especially among “super voters.” The analysis, done by Associated Industries of Florida, finds that so far this election, 2.66 million mail ballots [formerly […]

Associated PressSeptember 29, 2016

More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of Florida and North Carolina than at this point in 2012, as early voting shows signs of surging nationwide. Florida doesn’t start absentee balloting until Tuesday, but already a record 2.5 million voters have requested ballots. Republicans are ahead in ballot requests, 43 […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2016

More than one million Floridians have voted by mail for the Aug. 30 primary election, state records show. As of Thursday, the state’s Division of Elections website showed 1,027,347 ballots had been returned to county supervisors of elections. Republicans still are leading Democrats, 501,852 to 391,770. Historically, Florida Republicans have had an advantage with vote-by-mail ballots, while the […]

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Mike Prendergast: Duty, honor and country

Tone of SD 40 special election changes as Jose Felix Diaz lead tightens

Absentee ballots for HD 44 special election include Paul Chandler

HD 44 Republican primary votes coming in

Palm Beach County Democrats ‘helped’ voters fill out ballots

Ryan Yadav calls for state response to missing ballots in Seminole County

Almost 50,000 vote-by-mail ballots have been returned

Analysis shows Democrats are catching up in vote-by-mail requests — but will they vote?

Florida vote-by-mail hits record 2.5M requests, Republicans in lead

Primary votes-by-mail pass 1 million mark