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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.

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.

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.

In victory, Chuck Clemons thanked his youthful supporters.

Ashey Moody cruised to victory Tuesday night as Florida’s Attorney General-elect.

The Gainesville Police department is currently investigating a shooting by an officer after a car chase, police said. The man is now being treated at Shands at UF.

The aftermath of 9/11 brought many security and safety routine changes to Alachua County Public Schools. Alachua County Public Schools Spokeswoman Jackie…

Before they began recounting votes for statewide elections, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office faced the challenge of processing more than 800 ballots still not counted.

By a margin of more than two to one, Alachua County voters approved a half-cent local sales tax to improve school facilities. The total is expected to be about $22 million a year.

Terry Martin-Back hadn't ridden a bicycle in more than 40 years, but now he's training for an 85-mile cycling trip from Gainesville to Crescent Beach to raise money for the Alachua County Veterans Memorial Fund.