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Amid recounts in Florida’s elections, three candidates have filed lawsuits regarding ballots, including one that could delay the process.
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Supervisors Of Elections Prepare For First Statewide Recount In Florida’s History
Florida's races for governor, U.S. Senate and Commissioner of Agriculture are headed for a recount.
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Tuesday's midterm elections came to a harrowing end with several races left undecided for Florida voters and elected officials. Up to five races may qualify for a recount, including the highly contested U.S. Senate race between GOP candidate Rick Scott and incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.
Read More »Voters Defeat GRU Referendum, Support $238M School Facilities Sales Tax
Gainesville wants its city commission to keep watching the city’s utilities.
Read More »Voters Line Up Behind Constitutional Amendments
Felons will get voting rights automatically restored after serving their sentences, vaping in workplaces will be illegal and greyhound racing will be banned in Florida under a series of constitutional amendments approved Tuesday.
Read More »Gainesville Voters Voice Opinion On Constitutional Amendments
Gainesville voters cast their votes today on 12 Constitutional amendments, the most since 1998, that included issues from restoring the voting rights of former felons to casino gambling authorization.
Read More »Some Gainesville Voters Receive Incorrect County Ballots
Mike Ryansimonovich received the wrong ballot when he went to vote Tuesday morning. Later it was confirmed that at least three voters in Gainesville had submitted the wrong ballot before the issue was corrected.
Read More »Voters Face Long Lines, Machine Snafus, ‘Mosh Pit’ Crowds
Long lines and malfunctioning machines marred the early hours of voting in some precincts across the country Tuesday. Some of the biggest problems were in Georgia, a state with a hotly contested gubernatorial election, where some voters reported waiting up to three hours to vote.
Read More »The Youth Vote: What’s Happening In Alachua County Schools to Heighten Election Knowledge?
As of Monday, more than 5 million Floridians voted by mail or cast a ballot during the state’s early voting period – exceeding the 3.19 million voters who voted before Election Day in 2014. Among those voters, 70,426 were in Alachua County.
Read More »The Student Socialist: Stetson Cooper Views Medicare, Minimum Wage As Top Themes
Stetson Cooper, a democratic socialist living in Republican Ocala, has no qualms expressing his political views in the primarily red town.
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