The Florida legislature has passed a bill which will strengthen the integrity of the Florida voting system. The bill brings back request only ballots by mail and those ballots being returned will not have party affiliation identifiers. The bill also eliminates the potential for ballot harvesting, leaving it up to voters to turn in their own ballots rather than risk having a third party turn in requested ballots.
In Delray Beach, Ryan Boylston, Adam Frankel, and Mayor Shelley Petrolia will remain in office as they all beat their opponents. Petrolia kept her Mayorship over challenger Tracy Caruso by a tight 3 percent margin with 12,129 total votes. Frankel… Read More ›
In the last general election, November 3, 2020, Key West voters voted to limit the size of cruise ships entering its three ports to 1,300 passenger ships. Bradenton State Senator Jim Boyd filed a preemption bill (SB 426), which would… Read More ›
Election 2020 was less about change and more about keeping the same people in office. While we wait to hear about who will be in the White House for the next four years, county representatives will not change much. The… Read More ›
As a way for encourage more voting in tomorrow’s general election, ride share tech company Lyft is offering 50% off for riders going to their polling location. Called “Ride to Vote” the discount does not apply to your trip back… Read More ›
With four days to the general election being held on November 3, 2020, 9.5 million Floridians (56 percent of registered voters) have already voted either via absentee ballots sent in the mail or in-person at selection polling locations. Meanwhile, as… Read More ›
Out of 14 million registered voters in Florida, six million have already voted either by mail or in person at early voting sites for the November 3, 2020 general election. In Palm Beach County, 450,000 registered voters have already voted… Read More ›
Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett After a unanimous vote by the Judiciary Committee last week, last night the Senate confirmed Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett to become the 115th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Throughout… Read More ›
Palm Beach County held its first day of early in person voting yesterday, October 19, 2020, and had 17,363 registered voters took part. Meanwhile, 233,745 ballots have been cast via U.S. Mail. If you have cast your ballot via U.S…. Read More ›
Throughout Florida, 2.5 million voters have voted in the November 3, 2020 general election via U.S. Mail. In Palm Beach County, 226,516 have voted by mail. Today, Palm Beach County voters can vote in-person at select locations. If you are… Read More ›
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