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Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2018

There’s that Sept. 30, 2009, check to the U.S. Senate campaign of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio: It’s the $2,400 contribution to a Republican who then was seen as the darling of Florida’s Tea Party movement, an upstart whose explosive popularity on the right chased Charlie Crist from the Grand Old Party and made Democratic […]

Jim RosicaOctober 2, 2017

A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state now has more than 600,000 signatures, its backers said Monday. Voters in Charge, the political committee behind the amendment, said it’s “over halfway towards its goal of gathering 1.1 million signatures in order to reach the required number of 766,200 valid petitions to […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2017

Republicans are boasting they have taken voter-registration edges over Polk and Volusia County Democrats, continuing a trend of trimming a once sizable advantage for Democrats statewide. With Polk and Volusia counting slightly more Republicans than Democrats in registration data recorded through August 31, the Republican Party of Florida says it’s flipped 12 counties to a […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2017

Democratic Paul Chandler withdrew Wednesday from the Oct. 10 special election set for Florida House District 44, making the already heavily-favored Republican nominee Bobby Olszewski even more so. The move, which caught both elections’ and Democratic party officials by surprise, is the latest in the Chandler saga. In the last five weeks his eligibility was […]

Jim RosicaJuly 14, 2017

A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state is now over the 100,000 signature mark. Division of Elections records show the “Voter Control of Gambling” amendment now has 104,416 signatures toward getting on the 2018 statewide ballot. But that’s still a long way from the 766,200 signatures needed for the initiative’s ballot placement. […]

Associated PressOctober 24, 2016

Election Day is still more than two weeks away, but more than 1.1 million Floridians have already voted. New numbers posted Saturday by the Florida Division of Elections show a stream of vote-by-mail ballots have already been returned to election officials. Those numbers show that Republican voters have returned nearly 464,000 ballots while more than […]

Michael MolineOctober 14, 2016

A dust-up in the race for supervisor of elections in Florida’s capital city may point to a weakness in the state’s elections law. Mark Earley, a veteran aide and heir-apparent to Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho, faces state Rep. Alan Williams in a runoff election for the nonpartisan post. Williams has alleged Earley learned […]

Associated PressAugust 29, 2016

Nearly two million Floridians have already cast their ballots in this year’s primary election. The Florida Division of Elections on Monday posted new totals that showed that nearly 536,000 voters cast their ballots during the early voting period that wrapped up this weekend. Another 1.15 million voters have voted by mail bringing the total ballots […]

Jim RosicaAugust 12, 2016

The number of Floridians voting by mail for this year’s primary election has exceeded a half-million. As of Friday, the state’s Division of Elections website showed 535,663 ballots had been returned to county supervisors of elections. Republicans still are leading Democrats, 257,163 to 205,384. Historically, Florida Republicans have had an advantage with vote-by-mail ballots, while the Democrats are stronger with early voting. […]

Staff ReportsJuly 28, 2016

The number of vote-by-mail ballots requested by voters from Florida elections supervisors now has topped 2.2 million, according to the state’s Division of Elections. The tally, as of Thursday morning, is for the Aug. 30 primary. That number includes ballots mailed to service members and others outside the country. Of those, Republicans make up 988,030 of the ballot requests, with Democrats […]

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Philip Levine: Check to Marco Rubio ‘tiny’ compared with long, deep Democratic support

Gambling amendment now has 600K signatures

Republicans flip registration in Polk, Volusia, continue statewide gains

Democrat Paul Chandler withdraws from HD 44 special election

Gambling control amendment surpasses 100,000 signatures

More than 1.1 million have already cast ballots in Florida

Leon County elections office race gets interesting

Nearly 2 million Floridians have already voted in primary

Primary votes-by-mail pass half-million mark

2.2 million now have requested vote-by-mail ballots