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Scott PowersJuly 5, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is keeping the heat on Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to not cooperate with the federal request for voter rolls, filing a records request Wednesday for any evidence of the voter fraud President Donald Trump has alleged. Last week Detzner and fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidates Chris King of Orlando and […]

Michael MolineApril 4, 2017

The Senate voted tentatively Tuesday to ask the voters next year whether Florida’s secretary of state should once again be an elective position. SJR 882, by Sen. Aaron Bean, would amend the state constitution to make the Secretary of State an elected member of the Cabinet beginning with the 2022 General Election. Identical legislation is pending in […]

Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2017

Historically, the Secretary of State in Florida was elected by the public, but that changed in 1998, when constitutional changes removed that position from the elected Cabinet of the executive branch. Now, 19 years later, Fernandina Beach Republican Sen. Aaron Bean wants to bring that position back into the Cabinet. At the Senate Committee on Ethics and […]

Drew WilsonMarch 3, 2017

Lawmakers will consider a measure that would make Florida Secretary of State an elected position when the 2017 Legislative Session kicks off Tuesday. SJR 882, a joint resolution, was filed by Republican Sen. Aaron Bean in February. The proposal would alter the state constitution to make the Secretary of State an elected member of the […]

Scott PowersNovember 7, 2016

The record voter turnouts being seen in Orange, Osceola, and many other counties for early- and mail-in voting is offering the best hope that on Tuesday Florida might not see many or any of the disastrous and embarrassing three-, four-, and five-hour voting lines that plagued key precincts in the presidential election of 2012. You […]

Peter SchorschJuly 22, 2015

After several months of cooking, a new proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution popped up this week. What is it? It’s a mouthful and is called, “All Voters Vote in Top Two Primary Elections for Congress, State Legislature, Governor, and Cabinet” and it basically changes the rules for how elections are conducted in Florida. It does […]

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Donald Trump named Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

Andrew Gillum doubles down on opposition to voter rolls request, files records request with state

Senate moves proposal to elect secretary of state closer to the ballot

Legislation that would make Florida’s Secretary of State an elected position advances

Lawmakers consider making Secretary of State an elected position again

Optimism holds that 2012’s three-hour and longer voter lines will not reappear

Peter Schorsch: Old hands propose new notion to open Florida's primary elections