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AdThe Republican-led Legislature is considering bills that would make mail-in voting more difficult, even though all sides agree Florida ran a near-perfect election in November. When Florida voters return mail-in ballots, they sign the envelope. AdOther findings include:— Blacks had their ballots initially rejected 1.4% of the time and Hispanics 1.3%, almost double the 0.8% rate of white voters. In the 18-21 age range, 2.4% of mail-in ballots statewide were rejected and 2.1% in the 22-25 range. Each age grouping getting older has fewer ballots rejected, with seniors 66 and older having the fewest rejections at 0.7%.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The Seminole County School Board voted Serita Beamon to be named the district’s next superintendent. Last month, board members voted 3-2 to select Farnsworth, the Lake County Assistant Superintendent, over Beamon. The school board confirmed Beamon submitted her resignation on Feb. 16 as the district’s attorney after she was not selected as the next superintendent. Beamon announced her resignation as Seminole County School Board Attorney after she was not selected during the first vote. To salvage this mess - the school board will need to bring their A-Game tonight.”Smith said the board’s indecision makes the school district look bad.

She carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. Americans voting on Election Day are exhausted from constant crises, uneasy because of volatile political divisions and anxious about what will happen next. Instead, those voting in record numbers say basic democratic foundations feel suddenly brittle: Will their vote count? He told a far-right group to “stand back and stand by.”About 7 in 10 voters say they are anxious about the election, according to an AP-NORC poll last month. She voted on the first day of early voting in Georgia.

Casale decided to apply for the Seminole Virtual School option, hoping to be selected to teach via Seminole Connect. In fact, according to Dan Smith, the president of the Seminole Education Foundation, he applauded how Seminole County Public schools were able to accommodate high-risk teachers. He said at last count there were 420 high-risk teachers and around another 250 teachers with loved ones at home who are also considered high-risk. “I will have a little more peace when I know that 7% has that accommodations as well.”According to Seminole County Public School spokesperson Michael Lawrence, the demand for Seminole County Virtual School was there. With more than 10,000 students choosing Seminole County Virtual School or Seminole Virtual “save my seat” option, the district needed to hire 520 more teachers, many of them high-risk like Casale.