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Ryan NicolAugust 16, 2018

The voting rights organization Demos has filed a lawsuit alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act because of Alachua County’s failure to provide ballots and other election materials in Spanish. The suit details the situation of 70-year-old Marta Rivera, who lives in Alachua County after fleeing Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Rivera had lived the entirety […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Warning that Florida may be in violation of the Federal Voting Rights Act, state Sen. Victor Torres on Tuesday led a group of eight mostly-Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in urging Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to respond to reports that some Florida counties are not providing Spanish-language elections materials. Torres and the others wrote to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017

With white nationalist “identitarian” Richard Spencer and his adherents now safely out of Alachua County. Gov. Rick Scott lifted a state of emergency Friday. Scott thanked law enforcement, which included state and local reinforcements from nearby counties, saying he was “grateful that their unified efforts, in coordination with leadership at the University of Florida, kept all involved in […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2017

Citing past clashes and protests, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency in advance of a speech white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to give at the University of Florida. The state’s Republican governor warned in an executive order Monday that a “threat of a potential emergency is imminent” in Alachua County, […]

Staff ReportsOctober 16, 2017

Gainesville is under a state of emergency ahead of a Thursday speech from white nationalist Richard Spencer and U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho has a message for his constituents. Urging them not to attend Spencer’s speech on the University of Florida campus, Yoho drew parallels between Spencer and leftist activist group Antifa, which will be on hand to protest the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2017

Republican Sen. Keith Perry picked up a second challenger in his re-election campaign for Gainesville-based Senate District 8. Kayser Enneking filed for the seat on Friday and is the second Democrat in the race after Olysha Magruder, who filed for the seat back in June. Enneking is an anesthesiologist and is currently working as the […]

Staff ReportsJune 28, 2017

A Democrat has filed to run against Gainesville Republican Sen. Keith Perry in 2018, according to Florida Division of Elections records. Olysha Eva Magruder opened up her campaign account June 22 and is, so far, the only candidate running against Perry, who served three terms in the House and runs a roofing company in Alachua […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 18, 2016

For the first time perhaps ever, an initiative of former RPOF chair and current Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is being packaged as “progressive.” A “Yes for Jacksonville” mailer bills County Referendum 1, which would extend a current half-cent sales tax devoted to infrastructure from 2030 to as far out as 2060 to deal with the current […]

Drew WilsonJune 28, 2016

House District 21 candidate Chuck Clemons announced Tuesday he has picked up endorsements from the past three speakers of the Florida House. Former Republican House Speakers Larry Cretul, Dean Cannon and Will Weatherford backed Clemons’ campaign in the Gainesville-based seat currently held by Republican Rep. Keith Perry, who is running for Senate in the newly […]

Drew WilsonApril 12, 2016

March clocked in as one of the best fundraising months in Gainesville Republican Rep. Keith Perry’s political career. However, it paled in comparison to his opponent’s first-month haul in the race for the new Senate District 8. The March report shows just over $53,000 in contributions, nearly all of it from within the borders of […]

Tag: Alachua County

Voting rights organization sues over lack of bilingual ballots in Florida

Victor Torres leads effort demanding Spanish materials in Florida elections offices

Governor lifts Alachua County State of Emergency

State of emergency declared for white nationalist speech

Ted Yoho blasts ‘morally repugnant’ Richard Spencer, Antifa

Keith Perry picks up second Democratic challenger

Keith Perry draws first Democratic opponent in SD 8

New ‘Yes for Jacksonville’ flyer calls pension-tax referendum ‘progressive solution’

Chuck Clemons picks up endorsements from past Florida House Speakers

Keith Perry’s solid March fundraising in SD 8 pales compared to Democrat Rod Smith