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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 9, 2019

On the day felons started registering under Florida’s newly approved Amendment 4, voter rolls in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties swelled by a considerable amount — more than 400 voters each. According to Supervisor of Elections offices, Hillsborough registered 434 people, Pinellas added 438. Under Amendment 4, overwhelmingly approved by voters last November, nonviolent felons previously barred from […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2019

Congressman Charlie Crist joined several ex-felons to register to vote Tuesday morning at the downtown St. Petersburg Supervisor of Elections office opened. It was the first day qualifying former offenders could register. Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 4 last November, which automatically restores nonviolent ex-felons’ right to vote as long as they have fully paid their […]

Phil AmmannMarch 13, 2018

An incumbent and a newcomer are winners in two Clearwater City Council races Tuesday evening. Hoyt Hamilton will return to Seat 5, taking 79 percent of the vote, according to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections unofficial results. He defeated real-estate broker John Funk. This will be Hamilton’s third stint on the Council, having previously […]

Drew WilsonFebruary 6, 2018

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark’s office said it mailed out 58,537 ballots to domestic voters Tuesday, five weeks out from municipal Election Day. The ballots mailed Tuesday went out to voters who had requested a mail ballot for the March 13 election, but the supervisors’ office said those looking to vote by mail […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 4, 2018

David Allbritton announced Thursday that the Pinellas Realtor Organization has endorsed his bid for Seat 4 on the Clearwater City Council. “Based on the interview and various other criteria, I am pleased to report that our Board of Directors has voted officially to support your election campaign for Clearwater City Council, Seat 4,” PRO President […]

Drew WilsonDecember 20, 2017

It’s a six-way race for four open seats on the Belleair Beach City Council. Belleair Beach elects council members at large, so the six candidates are all competing in the same race, with the top four vote-getters on March 13 set to take a seat on the six-member council. The city will get at least […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 16, 2016

There may be a month until Florida’s presidential preference primary, but thousands of Sunshine State voters are already casting their ballots. Elections offices across the state have sent about 1.8 million absentee, or vote by mail, ballots this election cycle. About 47 percent of those ballots went to registered Republicans; while 40 percent were sent […]

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Amendment 4 hints at wave of new voters in Hillsborough, Pinellas

Charlie Crist cheers ex-felons who will now be able to vote

Hoyt Hamilton, David Allbritton win Clearwater City Council seats

Mail ballots go out to Pinellas voters

Realtor group endorses David Allbritton for Clearwater City Council

Six candidates qualify for Belleair Beach City Council race

Voter registration deadline looms for Florida’s presidential primary as millions begin casting ballots