Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 26, 2019
3min257
Domestic ballots with go out Feb. 5.
Tag: vote by mail
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 26, 2019
Jacob OglesDecember 16, 2018
5min779
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s legal team says the number of uncounted vote-by-mail ballots exceeds incoming Sen. Rick Scott’s margin of victory when he defeated the incumbent in November. “Remember when we thought 6,670 mail ballots in Florida were rejected due to failure by the post office to deliver them in time to the counties?” said […]
Drew WilsonNovember 6, 2018
3min295
Those who want to watch the ballots trickle in minute-to-minute on Election Day can do so with a little knowhow, but that real-time data is lacking numbers from more than a dozen counties, including some of the most reliably Democratic ones in the state. The thirteen counties lagging: DeSoto, Hamilton, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lake, Miami-Dade, Nassau, […]
Steve SchaleNovember 6, 2018
31min498
To: Fellow Americans Who Don’t Sleep From: Steve Schale, Tired Florida Man Re: You know you are going to miss these. *5 hours until the polls open *17 hours until the first of 23 phone calls between 7 and 7:05 p.m. asking what I think. *19 hours until FSU basketball season tips off against the boys from […]
Steve SchaleNovember 5, 2018
10min283
I greet you on this Monday morning, rejoicing in the fact the Jaguars did not lose yesterday. The pride this brought to the good people of DUVAL County led to the largest early voting day of the cycle, as nearly 20,000 proud residents of old Cowford came to the polls. Really proud of my city. […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 5, 2018
6min288
Voter turnout so far in the Pinellas County portion of Congressional District 12 is very low. Only eight percent of registered voters have cast a ballot in precincts voting in the race between incumbent Republican Gus Bilirakis and his Democratic challenger Chris Hunter. Election supervisors cannot release voter turnout by party in individual precincts or […]
Staff ReportsNovember 4, 20183min272
Nearly 376,000 mail ballots and early votes were reported to the state Division of Elections Sunday, making for more than 4.8 million pre-Election Day votes for the 2018 general election. The day saw Democrats cut into the GOP’s lead by more than 29,000 votes, while unaffiliated and minor party voters further diluted the Republican share […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 13, 2018
3min594
More than 200,000 Floridians have cast their ballots via mail, according to the state Division of Elections website. And with less than a month until Election Day, Republican voters hold an early returned-ballot lead. Of the number of total votes cast so far, 92,224 came from registered GOP voters, with 71,506 coming from Democrats. That […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018
5min748
Vote-by-mail ballots offer convenience to those using them, but an ACLU of Florida report released Wednesday shows that some ballots are more likely to be rejected than others. The ACLU study, “Vote-By-Mail Ballots Cast in Florida,” shows a higher rejection rate in the 2012 and 2016 general elections for mail ballots than those cast in person, […]
Danny McAuliffeAugust 27, 20182min220
More than 1.86 million Floridians have cast their votes for Tuesday’s primary election, an early turnout total exceeding that of the 2016 primary election and 2014 midterm. Republicans hold the early edge over Democrats heading into the closed-party election. The tally so far: 855,847 Republicans have cast their ballots compared to 810,629 Democrats as of […]