Scott PowersMarch 12, 2020
5min507
SB 1794 tightens rules to get amendments on state ballot.
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Scott PowersMarch 12, 2020
Ryan NicolMarch 2, 2020
3min308
Levine Cava would be the first Miami-Dade mayoral candidate to make the ballot by petition.
Ryan NicolFebruary 5, 2020
4min655
Fabricio is one of two Republicans challenging Democratic Rep. Cindy Polo.
Peter SchorschAugust 5, 2019
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But adult-use pot is still far from a done deal.
Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018
5min254
Orange County Republican Party Chair Charles Hart got a taste of frustration some voters might experience trying to authenticate their identities by signing electronic tablets in polling places. Hart said that when he tried to sign in Tuesday at a voting station in Windermere, he nearly got rejected, based on a poll worker’s assessment that […]
Scott PowersApril 30, 2018
1min271
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey and Democratic challenger Sanjay Patel became the first Central Florida congressional contest formally set Monday when they both qualified for the ballot in Florida’s 8th Congressional District. Patel, of Rocklege, a business consultant and Democratic Party officer in Brevard County, qualified by petition after having more than 9,100 signatures verified, […]
Scott PowersApril 6, 2018
2min220
Democratic House District 28 candidate Lee Mangold has qualified for the ballot by submitting enough valid petition signatures, his campaign announced Friday. Mangold was qualified for the ballot with 1,129 petition signatures validated in Seminole County Friday. “Getting candidate petitions signed is a great way to engage with the community without making a big monetary […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 17, 2018
3min554
A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state now has enough signatures to be placed on the 2018 ballot. Division of Elections records show the “Voter Control of Gambling” amendment now has 817,766 valid signatures—more than the 766,200 needed for placement. The total doesn’t count signatures still undergoing verification. The Division posted its […]
Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2018
2min242
Republican Tyler Sirois has become the first candidate to qualify to run in Florida’s House District 51 in Brevard County, getting 1,202 petition signatures validated for the election. Sirois, of Merritt Island, needed 1,160 valid signatures in his quest to succeed term-limited Republican Tom Goodson of Rockledge. The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections validated Sirois’s […]
Jim RosicaApril 20, 2017
6min427
The state’s highest court on Thursday gave its approval for proposed state constitutional amendments on voter approval of new gambling and restoring voting rights to ex-cons. But there’s a big ‘if’ before either can be placed on the 2018 statewide ballot—both amendments still need hundreds of thousands of signatures. Moreover, Justices Ricky Polston and R. Fred […]