Ryan NicolMay 6, 2019
7min625
“Florida has one of the most repressive disenfranchisement policies in the country."
Tag: voter suppression
Ryan NicolMay 6, 2019
Jacob OglesOctober 16, 2018
5min374
A new Vice News investigation is spotlighting declines of in-person voting in Manatee County under Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett. The report notes that since his election in 2012, Bennett reduced the number of polling places in the county by 30 percent in, primarily by consolidating precincts in black and Latino areas. The news outlet […]
Associated PressAugust 7, 2017
1min307
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says there was no evidence of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election but says President Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity should look at the suppression of minority voters in certain states, including Florida. The civil rights activist visited St. John Baptist Church in Orlando Sunday to encourage voter participation and […]
Diane RobertsJune 26, 20159min232
I am the descendant of at least 10 Confederate soldiers. A few owned slaves; most did not. One great-great-grandfather fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Another survived the Siege of Petersburg. So don’t throw the Y-word at me. Don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand all too well. The Confederate battle flag is […]
Julie DelegalJune 26, 201510min192
Let there be no doubt: The individual responsible for murdering a church pastor and eight parishioners in Charleston, S.C., is a white supremacist. Stating that fact does not politicize the horror, nor does it diminish our sense of mourning for the people who were lost. To the contrary, getting justice for the victims demands that […]
Daniel TilsonMarch 8, 20156min179
You’d think 50 years was long enough for Florida lawmakers to get something right. But when it comes to ensuring all Floridians have equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote, and then overwhelmingly choose to use it, most of us know we’ve still got a long way to go. Here we are, fresh off […]
Martin DyckmanJune 12, 2014
7min182
It was one of those “There IS a God” moments when Gov. Rick Scott had to cancel a $10,000 per person fundraiser this month because his co-host was to be a convicted tax-evader who couldn’t legally vote for him. With all the lawyers and law-enforcement agencies at his command, how could Scott not know that […]
Martin DyckmanDecember 29, 20137min190
Human intuition — aka common sense — can be a keen judge of the obvious. For example, “coffin nails” was slang for cigarettes long before the surgeon general’s statistics proved that’s what they are. When it comes to persuading judges and politicians, it usually takes science to prove the obvious. Today, anybody with eyes and […]