Renzo DowneyFebruary 20, 2021
8min3991
The announcement at times felt more like a campaign rally.
Tag: Vote-By-Mail ballots
Renzo DowneyFebruary 20, 2021Renzo DowneyOctober 31, 2020
5min1515
If Democrats don't hand in their remaining vote-by-mail ballots, analysts see a Donald Trump victory in the Sunshine State.
Associated PressAugust 26, 2020
7min331
Officials say mail-in voting is secure.
Associated PressFebruary 16, 2020
2min297
Two million vote-by-mail ballots were also going in the mail.
Jim RosicaNovember 10, 2018
5min395
The federal judge presiding over U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s lawsuit to count provisional and mail ballots invalidated because of mismatched signatures has taken himself off the case. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle, based in Tallahassee, entered an “order of disqualification” early Saturday. And Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who has often taken the Rick Scott administration to […]
Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017
5min215
Mail ballots have started to hit the streets in St. Pete cend incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman has started to pound the pavement again ahead of the second round of his re-election battle against former two-term Mayor Rick Baker. Kriseman and his wife, Kerry, joined their corps of volunteers and staffers kicking off their get-out-the-vote efforts […]
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 […]
Associated PressOctober 15, 2016
4min167
A federal judge on Saturday issued a scathing rebuke to Florida’s top election official in an order canceling a hearing on a lawsuit over vote-by-mail ballots. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker accused Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner of delaying a hearing on the lawsuit “so that he could use every second available to run […]
Staff ReportsOctober 11, 2016
1min399
Nearly 50,000 vote-by-mail ballots already have been returned out of the 2.7 million requested for the November general election. Tuesday’s tally, exactly 48,331, was posted on the state’s Division of Elections website. That includes ballots to service members and others outside the country. Registered Republicans lead in voted ballots to Democrats by 21,027 to 18,421, a gap of 2,606. Other party and […]
Staff ReportsJuly 28, 20162min233
The number of vote-by-mail ballots requested by voters from Florida elections supervisors now has topped 2.2 million, according to the state’s Division of Elections. The tally, as of Thursday morning, is for the Aug. 30 primary. That number includes ballots mailed to service members and others outside the country. Of those, Republicans make up 988,030 of the ballot requests, with Democrats […]