Scott PowersMarch 1, 2021
4min1087
The reform package includes a public financing component.
Tag: Election ReformA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2021Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2021
5min1054
Republican-back legislation would require annual, not bi-annual, requests to vote by mail.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 20, 2021
8min3991
The announcement at times felt more like a campaign rally.
Associated PressDecember 3, 2020
10min524
The state could move to require a photo ID for mail-in ballots.
Jacob OglesMarch 31, 2019
7min351
Blaise Ingoglia said he wants just wants votes mailed on time.
Ryan NicolMarch 4, 2019
4min549
That proposal comes after complaints were lobbed at elections officials in 2018.
Jacob OglesNovember 28, 2018
6min314
As Florida looks again to election reform, the current leader of the state’s elections supervisors association offered one crucial request to lawmakers: Don’t rush changes. “If you fix something, you have to give us time to implement and iron the bugs out of whatever fix you make before you decide it isn’t working,” said Paul […]
Guest AuthorNovember 26, 2018
15min393
For anyone who thought Florida fixed its election system following the 2000 recount, think again. Eighteen years after that infamous spectacle, the 2018 election season has demonstrated we still have work to do in making our voting and counting processes as effective and accessible as possible. I spent Election Day and most of the next […]
Scott PowersNovember 26, 2018
13min346
Orange County Democrats flipped three seats in the Florida House and, as state Reps. Geraldine Thompson, Anna Eskamani and Joy Goff-Marcil make their debuts, they’re looking for practical starts. On Nov. 6, the three Democrats flipped the partisan strength of Orange County’s delegation from five Republicans and four Democrats, to seven Democrats and two Republicans. Thompson has been […]
Jacob OglesNovember 23, 2018
4min302
It would appear Florida lawmakers in both parties left recount season with election reform on the mind. State Rep. Dane Eagle, now the House Republican Leader, lists the issue among his own priorities this year. The Cape Coral lawmaker says changes to the state’s election laws will likely come up during the 2019 Legislative Session after […]