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Jim RosicaOctober 6, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday night said the state’s deadline next Tuesday to register to vote is staying put. “I’m not going to extend it,” Scott told reporters at a Hurricane Matthew briefing in the state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee. “Everybody has had a lot of time to register,” he said. “On top […]

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2016

Everyone’s aware of the stakes for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the first presidential debate, but there’s a third person in the equation who faces a different pressure: Lester Holt. The NBC News veteran is moderating his first general election debate, making him solely responsible for the questions asked each candidate and for steering […]

Jim RosicaAugust 26, 2016

Give Tim Kaine credit for at least attempting Florida A&M University‘s “Strike, Strike, and Strike Again” chant. The Democratic vice-presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Virginia stopped by the campus of Tallahassee’s historically black university Friday afternoon. He greeted several hundred students, donning a green FAMU cap and giving his best approximation of the Rattler Strike, […]

Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

Monday is the last day to register to vote before Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election. Floridians who want to switch their party affiliation for the primary also must act by the deadline. There are contested primary races for the U.S. Senate on both the Republican and Democratic sides. There are also several contentious races for […]

Staff ReportsJuly 29, 2016

Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Friday reminded Floridians that the deadline to register for the Aug. 30 primary election is Monday. “The Aug. 1 deadline to register to vote or update your party affiliation for the primary election is only a few days away,” Detzner said in a statement. “Voters who are unsure of […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

The Donald Trump–Marco Rubio–Ted Cruz–John Kasich show that came to Florida this winter provided a boost of more than 100,000 registered voters for the Republican Party of Florida while the Hillary Clinton–Bernie Sanders affair gave no such bounce for the Florida Democratic Party. Florida’s final voter registration counts going into the state’s March 15 presidential primary […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 20, 2016

This past May, Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation to require Florida to adopt online voter registration by October 2017, though he said he did it with “some hesitation.” Democrats were unhappy the state couldn’t enact the new system in time for this fall’s general election, but if it were up to Secretary of State Ken Detzner […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2016

Last month I attended an Art Festival in the downtown area of Palm Harbor. This is a typical small town affair attracting no more than a couple of thousand people. The downtown street was closed to traffic so vendors could erect tents and displays for their wares. I volunteered to assist in the registration of […]

Steve SchaleMay 17, 2015

These days, every conversation about Florida and 2016 generally starts and ends with the Hispanic vote – and for good reason. It is easily the fastest growing segment of the population. The Hispanic vote in Florida is critical, though I would caution election observers that it isn’t the silver bullet. Most GOP and Democratic strategists […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2015

The Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections (FSASE), a group of which I am currently the state president, has 66 supervisors of elections from both parties from around the state. We support the passage of online voter registration (House Bill 7143 and Senate Bill 228) in Florida. It is important to us because current […]

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Rick Scott won’t extend voter registration deadline

Moderator Lester Holt under scrutiny during debate

In Tallahassee, Tim Kaine’s “Rattler strike” needs some work

Monday is deadline to register to vote in Florida primary

Ken Detzner reminds Floridians to register to vote

Presidential primary lifts Republican voter registration as Democrats sag

Ken Detzner reports online voter registration on track to begin October 2017

Tim Bryce: Just listen to people and you can learn a lot

Steven Schale: How Hispanic voters could swing Florida's 2016 presidential race to Democrats

Jerry Holland: Online voter registration is faster, cheaper and more secure