Ryan NicolAugust 1, 2020
7min716
Many of those request forms — mailed to approximately 70,000 FEA members — contained incorrect return addresses listing the wrong supervisor of elections office.
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Ryan NicolAugust 1, 2020
Staff ReportsMarch 17, 2020
4min253
Despite virus, lack of campaigning, Florida's presidential primary is here.
Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016
3min214
College students demonstrated it again in last week’s primary election: they don’t vote, at least not in primary elections. As first reported by Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab over the weekend, University of Central Florida’s on-campus students gave a dismal turnout, 4.3 percent, the worst in Orange County. Kassab noted even worse turnouts were seen among […]
Michael MolineSeptember 8, 2016
3min177
The results of Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election are now final. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — comprising Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam — took less than two minutes to certify the results Thursday morning. Secretary of State Ken Detzner presided over the meeting in the state Capitol. […]
Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016
2min199
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner says that there have been no reported voting irregularities in the first few hours of voting in Tuesday’s primary election. One noteworthy issue, he said, was that a polling place in Miami Beach was moved from the Botanical Gardens location to City Hall a block away due to mosquito spraying. There were also […]
Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2016
5min391
Tampa Bay Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor expressed disappointment Monday that only 13 percent of eligible voters in Hillsborough County have voted by mail or at the polls heading into Election Day on Tuesday, the last day to vote in this year’s primary election. “We can do a lot better,” said Castor, who will face Republican Christine Quinn when she runs for her seat […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 20166min228
Here’s what we know about the primary in Duval County, as of the close of Early Voting on Sunday. Turnout, thus far, is at 14.14 percent. Of the Democrats, 33,210 of 230,529 — or 14.6 percent — have voted. Meanwhile, of the 215,025 Republicans registered, 40,423 — or 18.8 percent — have voted. Of the 120,124 NPA voters, 6,470 […]
Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016
4min408
Former state Rep. Bev Kilmer says she meets the residency requirements needed to again serve in the House. Kilmer, a Republican who was in the Florida House of Representatives 1998-2004, moved back to the Panhandle from Texas to run for House District 5. The mostly rural district includes Holmes, Jackson, Walton and Washington counties and northern Bay […]
Melissa RossJune 14, 2016
2min365
Sign-waving protest rallies are planned tonight at several downtown Jacksonville locations as hearings continue into the lawsuit over the city’s August 30th closed primary. Both State Attorney Angela Corey and Public Defender Matt Shirk will face only GOP voters on that date due to the presence on the ballot of controversial write-in candidates. More than […]