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.
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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 …
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Getting registered and actually voting can seem bothersome to the college-aged.
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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 …
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Organized protests took place simultaneously outside of the offices of state Sen. Keith Perry, state Rep. Chuck Clemons and U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho.
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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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This was the scene of Parkland's "March For Our Lives," one of more than 800 similar events taking place around the world.
Read More »Gov. Rick Scott and other top Florida Republicans have spent more than $237 million on private lawyers to advance and defend their agendas, an Associated Press investigation has found.
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Following President Donald Trump calling for "a major investigation" into voter fraud, UF political science professor Michael McDonald says that the issue is one based primarily in local elections, not federal ones.
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Many questions remain unanswered about the impact that Hurricane Matthew had on individuals being able to register to vote for this year's general election.
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