Gabrielle RussonMay 29, 2023
4min0
The latest in the legal fight between The Walt Disney Co. and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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The Governor argued the judge’s comments 'reasonably imply that the Court has prejudged the retaliation question here.'
Jacob OglesJuly 10, 2022
5min0
Teachers and professors argue the law violates their free speech.
Christine Jordan SextonMay 9, 2022
4min0
Organizers say the campaign is a response to a push to 'try and make it harder for people of color to vote.'
Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2018
7min451
After a brief scheduling call Friday afternoon, lawyers will be in court Wednesday to argue for and against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s lawsuit to count provisional and mail ballots invalidated because of mismatched signatures. And it only took a short while before Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle brought up the specter of Bush v. Gore. […]
Joe HendersonOctober 4, 2018
6min449
Florida remains divided on many political issues, but there seems to be strong bipartisan agreement about the issue of restoring voting rights for convicted felons, formally known as Amendment 4. As Florida Politics reported, a recent poll showed 74 percent support for the constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would strike down voting […]
Staff ReportsApril 25, 2018
5min521
The man behind a proposed constitutional amendment to restore ex-cons’ voting rights wants voters — not “politicians” — to decide the issue. Desmond Meade, who’s backing this year’s “Voting Restoration Amendment,” on Wednesday said an appellate court should issue a “stay” in a separate but related federal lawsuit on restoring felons’ voting rights. The proposal, which […]
Jim RosicaMarch 9, 2017
3min957
A bill that would let voters fix mismatching signatures on their vote-by-mail ballots so they can be counted has cleared its second committee. The House Government Accountability Committee OK’d the bill (HB 105), carried by House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz of Tampa, by a unanimous vote on Thursday. It would require supervisors of elections and […]