Tampa elections aren't until March 2011, but, hey, is it ever too early to boast about your endorsements? Political newcomer Tony DeSisto just collected one from former state Sen. John Grant. DeSisto is running for the District 4 City Council seat that represents South Tampa. So far, he's the only [...]
Tampa elections aren't until March 2011, but, hey, is it ever too early to boast about your endorsements? Political newcomer Tony DeSisto just collected one from former state Sen. John Grant. DeSisto is running for the District 4 city council seat that represents south Tampa. So far, he's the only [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — The Florida Elections Commission has found probable cause that City Council member Jamie Bennett failed to properly identify a campaign advertisement during his mayoral bid this year.
Bennett, who placed sixth in September’s 10-way mayoral primary, agreed to pay a $250 fine and did not contest the commission’s [...]
Dear Santa,
All Bay Buzz wants for Christmas is for all of the candidates in St. Petersburg's city elections to make sure their campaign signs have been taken down. Like the big one for mayoral contender Scott Wagman on the west side of 34th Street S, just south of 18th Avenue. The [...]
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"Even though Election Day last year went relatively smoothly across Florida, a civil rights advocacy group that focuses on elections warned that stricter voter registration laws could prevent thousands of eligible voters" [...]
Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, will be officially designated on Tuesday by the Republican Caucus to become the next Senate president starting after the 2010 elections.
He is expected in his remarks accepting the designation to touch on the need for transparency in politics and government.
And one [...]
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Florida Elections Commission has decided that former mayoral candidate Scott Wagman's campaign should not be charged with violating the state's election laws.
Wagman's actions were not "willful," according to the commission, which also called for the Legislature to take another look [...]
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Florida Elections Commission has decided that former mayoral candidate Scott Wagman should not be charged with violating the state's election laws.
Wagman's actions were not "willful," according to the commission, which also called for the Legislature to take another look at [...]
I spoke with Supervisor of Elections David Stafford about how a voter can take their name off a Donovan petition if they no longer want to be a part of it. Stafford said that there is no procedure under state law or the city charter that allows a voter to [...]
Democratic U.S. Senate frontrunner Kendrick Meek made a big deal about his campaign's unprecedented push to qualify for the ballot by gathering 112,476 petitions - an ambitious and potentially formidable vehicle for organizing. So it's a little surprising that the Division of Elections so far has verified fewer [...]
The mid-term elections, since the President's historic win last year, occur in 2010. As typical of most elections, some surprises occurred in 2008--notably, Democrats elected from districts where the voters also preferred Barack Obama's opponent, Senator John McCain (R., AZ). Lumping first and second term members together, the total number falling in [...]
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The Rubio camp sent out this transcript of Rush Limbaugh on the Republican Senate race:
“I like Rubio. …
The Rubio camp sent out this transcript of Rush Limbaugh on the Republican Senate race:
“I like Rubio. …
“In the Republican Party particularly, there is a fatigue with RINOs and moderate Republicans. …
“Republicans, the only chance they ever have of winning national elections is to go conservative. And I think that's' [...]
Press Release:
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford today reminded voters that all mail ballots for the City of Pensacola Charter Referendum must be returned to the Elections Office no later than 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 24th. Voters who have not yet mailed their ballot should deliver [...]
As of Saturday, 12,144 votes had been received by the Supervisor of Elections. The over 65 voters are still the largest percentage of the voters – 4,743, 39.1 percent of votes cast. That age group has voter turnout of 59 percent. The votes are 4-to1 to the under 35 year [...]
All ballots for the Charter Referendum must be received by the Supervisor of Election by tomorrow. If you haven’t mailed your ballot, please drop off at the Supervisor of Elections offices at 213 Palafox Pl, Suite 4. If you lost your ballot, they will give you a new one and [...]
Supervisor of Elections David Stafford says that while he isn’t the authority to determine whether C.J. Lewis violated Florida Election laws, it does appear, in his opinion, that flyers don’t qualify as “independent campaign expenditure” because they don’t expressly advocate a position for or against the referendum and therefore would [...]
RPOF "going to implode"
Aaron Deslatte: "Crist for all his recent missteps -- showed Republicans one way to keep winning statewide elections, by moderating the social issues with pragmatism, emphasizing fiscal restraint and playing to the" [...]
Former mayoral candidate C.J. Lewis may have violated Florida Elections laws with his recent mailing of 5,000 flyers to Pensacola voters regarding his stance against the new charter referendum.
Under Florida Elections Laws: “An independent expenditure means an expenditure made by a person for the purpose of expressly advocating the [...]
Supervisor of Elections David Stafford reports that 7,990 ballots have been received by his office, about 1,600 today alone. He believes that about 14,000 votes will be cast, a 37-percent turnout.
A big question is whether the under 35-year-olds will vote on the charter referendum. As of Monday, less than 7 [...]
What if you haven’t received your ballot in the mail or threw it away thinking it was junk mail?
You can still vote. Call the Supervisor of Elections at 595-3900 to check the status of your ballot. Voters needing a replacement ballot –if ballot was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received—must [...]
