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Melissa RossJune 9, 2016

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is out with a new report detailing the state, county, and local voting changes — proposed or implemented — during the past three years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The report, titled “Democracy Diminished,” looks at how states and counties with […]

Melissa RossApril 20, 2016

Former Duval County Sheriff John Rutherford continues to rack up endorsements in his run for Jacksonville’s open Congressional seat. Duval County Sheriff Mike Williams, St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar and Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper are all supporting Rutherford as he seeks to replace outgoing Congressman Ander Crenshaw, who is retiring, in Congressional District […]

Melissa RossApril 5, 2016

Two potential heirs to the much-discussed 5th Congressional District long held by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown have confirmed they are sizing up the seat should it become available. “Absolutely,” said state Rep. Mia Jones, one of four veteran Jacksonville politicians seen as a viable contender to run in Brown’s stead. The others are former Jax Mayor […]

Associated PressMarch 15, 2016

Secretary of State Ken Detzner says he wants to show the country that Florida knows how to run elections. And early indications are there have been no major problems. Detzner told reporters Tuesday that all 5,810 precincts are open and “by all accounts” early voting went smoothly with no reported incidents. Not that there weren’t […]

Associated PressMarch 14, 2016

A potentially far-reaching trial that will determine whether the Florida Legislature is shortchanging public schools is starting in a Tallahassee courtroom. In the lawsuit filed six years ago, education groups and parents from Duval and Pasco counties contend the Legislature and state officials have not provided enough money to the state’s schools as required under […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2016

In Duval County 93,487 voters, 17 percent of all registered voters, participated in early voting/vote by mail for the Presidential Preference Primary. Vote by mail drew 39,467 of them, and 53,789 were early voting, while 231 votes were provisional. Of 205,093 Republicans, 51,830 of them voted before Tuesday: That’s 25.27 percent turnout. Enthusiasm, thus far, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 7, 2016

Worth noting about early voting trends in Duval County in 2016: The GOP has a huge edge thus far, despite there being 21,000 more Democrats than Republicans in the county. As of 5 p.m. Monday, 29,862 Republican votes had been tallied, versus just 24,582 on the Democratic side. That advantage was in absentee ballots. Early […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

By a healthy margin, more votes have been cast by Duval County Republicans than Democrats in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary thus far. As of 9 a.m. Thursday, 3,413 votes have been received by the Duval County Supervisor of Elections. Just 1,300 of those have been cast by Democrats, the remaining 2,113 Republicans.

Melissa RossFebruary 17, 2016

The Duval County School Board continued its work this week looking at proposed boundary and program changes for a number of Jacksonville schools proposed by Superintendent Nikolai Vitti. Vitti (so far) has not followed through on threats to sue after public records revealed board member Connie Hall sent controversial text messages about him to a […]

Melissa RossFebruary 11, 2016

Fresh off the heels of his victory in the New Hampshire primary, supporters of Bernie Sanders down here in Florida say they’re energized for their candidate heading into the state’s winner-take-all March 15 primary. “Support for Bernie has grown exponentially,” said Matt Killen, a North Florida organizer for the Sanders campaign. “It started with a […]

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Duval County early voting skews GOP

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