Jacob OglesApril 12, 2022
7min0
A trial has been set for May 12 and 13.
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Jacob OglesApril 12, 2022
Anne GeggisMarch 31, 2022
7min0
Key parts of last year's overhaul were struck down in the court ruling.
Jacob OglesMarch 11, 2022
7min0
The Governor plans to veto the Legislature's map. A suit argues citizens need one now.
Jacob OglesJanuary 18, 2022
6min0
The timing of a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day release also upset representatives.
Jacob OglesDecember 16, 2018
5min779
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s legal team says the number of uncounted vote-by-mail ballots exceeds incoming Sen. Rick Scott’s margin of victory when he defeated the incumbent in November. “Remember when we thought 6,670 mail ballots in Florida were rejected due to failure by the post office to deliver them in time to the counties?” said […]
Jacob OglesNovember 17, 2018
4min431
With a hand recount of U.S. Senate votes in Broward County complete, Democrat Bill Nelson netted less than 300 votes, according to Republican Rick Scott’s campaign. That’s bad news for the Democrat, who hoped the examination of some 32,000 undervotes in the heavily Democratic County would help close a 12,603-vote deficit in the election. Miami […]
Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018
3min263
Arguing that Palm Beach County’s problems with machines breaking down during the machine recount this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s campaign has sued in state court seeking to force a recount of all half-million ballots there. Palm Beach County is not the main hope for Nelson’s campaign as the state moves to the ordered […]
Jacob OglesNovember 15, 2018
8min264
Even as a recount netted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott votes, he continued to call on Democratic opponent Bill Nelson to somehow stop the process. “With over two-thirds of the machine recount completed, our margin of victory has grown,” Scott tweeted today. “It’s time for @SenBillNelson to end this recount.” Scott spokesman Chris Hartline […]
Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018
7min440
Florida’s 67 counties should not have to sweat it out to meet Thursday’s and Sunday’s deadlines to recount last week’s contested statewide elections and instead should be allowed more time if they need it, argues a new federal lawsuit filed Tuesdeay by the U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The suit, filed […]
Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018
3min408
After Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and his team suggested there may be good reasons to extend recount deadlines if counties need more time to sort the U.S. Senate election, Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s team said not-so-fast. Speaking for Scott, Republican U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney insisted Tuesday that the recounts must proceed by law, a […]