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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 29, 2016

Youth may be wasted on the young. But the Jax Young Voters Coalition seeks to ensure the right of suffrage is not similarly squandered. With that in mind, the group — in concord with AIGA Jacksonville — has set the evening of Oct. 1 for its “Ballots and Brews” poster show at the new Intuition Ale Works […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 19, 2015

The HD 11 race to succeed Janet Adkins involves five GOP candidates running hard right. And then there’s Donnie Horner. Horner, who switched to the Republican Party recently, is the most moderate candidate in the race. And a good example of that moderation will surface on Thursday night, when Horner addresses the Jacksonville Young Voters […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 10, 2015

In the run up to Jacksonville’s First Election, one of the more interesting developments was the emergence of the Young Voters Coalition. The group took a nonpartisan stance (even as some folks in the Democratic establishment privately complained that it was just a front group for Bill Bishop supporters) in elections, seeking “to increase turnout […]

Kevin MeerschaertMarch 13, 2015

The Jax Young Voters Coalition wants to make sure voters remember to flip over their ballots and vote on the two issues to be decided in the March city election. The first is a referendum that would give the inspector general’s office the authority to investigate complaints and provide oversight regarding the city’s constitutional officers […]

Kevin MeerschaertFebruary 20, 2015

Younger voters in Jacksonville want more people near their age to head to the polls in the city elections this spring. The goal of the nonpartisan group Jax Young Voters Coalition (jaxyoungvoters.com) is to increase turnout of voters between 18 and 40 by at least 5% from previous elections. It held a meet-and-greet with a […]

Tag: Jax Young Voters Coalition

Jacksonville’s ‘Ballots and Brews’ political poster show slated for Saturday

HD 11 hopeful Donnie Horner to address Young Voters Coalition

Did Jax Young Voters Coalition succeed in First Election?

Jax Young Voters Coalition to make sure voters cast entire ballot

New coalition seeks to boost turnout for younger Jax voters