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Jim RosicaMarch 23, 2017

A bill that would let voters fix mismatching signatures on their vote-by-mail ballots so they can be counted has passed the House of Representatives. The House approved the bill (HB 105), sponsored by House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz of Tampa, by a unanimous vote of 113-0 on Thursday. It would require supervisors of elections and their […]

Jim RosicaOctober 17, 2016

It’s a small lead — 27 ballots — but Democrats are now in front in the number of returned vote-by-mail ballots. With more than a half-million ballots turned in, the Division of Elections website Monday showed registered Democrats had submitted 210,734 ballots to Republicans’ 210,707. Other party and no-party voters have returned another 91,648 ballots to their local supervisors of elections. Monday’s update […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 16, 2016

The number of vote-by-mail ballots requested by voters for the November general election is creeping steadily toward one million. The tally, as of Friday, according to the state’s Division of Elections, is 834,481. That includes ballots mailed by Florida elections supervisors to service members and others outside the country. Registered Republicans lead Democrats by 348,139 to 327,010, a gap of 21,129. Other party […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2016

All told, 60,589 of Duval County’s 565,678 voters — or 10.71 percent of all registered voters — have cast ballots as of the end of Thursday. As has been the case, GOP stalwarts have outperformed Democratic partisans throughout vote-by-mail and early voting thus far. Of the 215,025 registered Republicans, 31,143 — or 14.48 percent — have voted. Of the 230,529 registered […]

Jim RosicaAugust 5, 2016

Republicans are leading Democrats in the number of votes-by-mail already turned in for the 2016 primary election by more than 14,000 ballots. The latest figures were on the state’s Division of Elections website Friday morning. Registered Republicans submitted 98,311 ballots to their county supervisors of elections, with registered Democrats turning in 83,805. Historically, Florida Republicans have had an advantage […]

Associated PressMarch 15, 2016

Florida election officials said Tuesday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump‘s name was not left off ballots in a town in South Florida, despite a small number of voter complaints. Florida is a closed-primary state, which means only registered Republicans would get a ballot listing Trump and the other GOP candidates. Palm Beach County Supervisor […]

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Vote-by-mail ballots fix passes House

Democrats take slight lead in vote-by-mail ballots

Vote-by-mail ballot requests getting closer to 1 million

More than 60K votes cast in Duval at Thursday’s end

GOP leading Democrats in votes-by-mail

Donald Trump’s name not left off ballot, Florida election officials say