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About 50 ex-felons registered to vote in Alachua County on Jan. 8 under Amendment 4.
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Gainesville Organizations Offer Free Taillight Clinic With Community ID Drive
Two Gainesville groups are teaming up this weekend to help local residents avoid potential legal troubles.
Read More »Alachua County Voters Have Until 5 p.m. Saturday To Cure Rejected Vote-By-Mail And Provisional Ballots
Alachua County voters who had their provisional or vote by mail ballot rejected due to a signature mismatch and received notice after 5 p.m. Nov. 1 will have until 5 p.m. Saturday to cure their ballot. Voters must go to the Supervisor of Elections office at 515 N. Main St. …
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 Mexican-American Millennial: Angel Padilla’s Heritage Defines His Politics
When he was 12, Angel Padilla’s father, Candelario, woke him up before dawn to pour concrete for his construction company. That hardworking ethic of his Mexican immigrant parents stayed with him into adulthood. Now 22, Angel says his Mexican heritage and culture define him in many ways, and has led him …
Read More »National Voter Registration Day Brings Push To Register Younger Voters
Getting registered and actually voting can seem bothersome to the college-aged.
Read More »ACLU Raises Questions About Voting By Mail In Florida
A recent study by the American Civil Liberties Union found that some mail-in ballots are being rejected in Florida. The study also stated that young voters and minority voters are more likely to have their ballot flagged and discounted. Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton said that there is …
Read More »Parkland Students Lead Protests In Gainesville
Organized protests took place simultaneously outside of the offices of state Sen. Keith Perry, state Rep. Chuck Clemons and U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho.
Read More »Data Back Up AP Poll: Little Progress On Civil Rights Issues
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., American perceptions of progress toward racial equality remain largely divided along racial lines, a recent AP-NORC poll shows .
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