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Building on a years-long effort to make it harder to change the state Constitution, the Florida House on Thursday approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ballot initiative process and increase penalties for wrongdoing.
Randolph Bracy III, a former state senator who lost to Thompson when he challenged her in the Democratic primary for Florida Senate District 15 last August, made the announcement on Instagram and Facebook on Friday.
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday backed Rep. Debbie Mayfield in her bid to run in a special election for a Senate seat, ruling that state elections officials wrongly blocked her from appearing on the ballot.
The Supervisor of Elections in Volusia County wants to get the word out: A special election is coming up and if you want to vote by mail, you have less than a month to request a ballot.
One of the quirks of the U.S. election process is that one candidate can win the popular vote but another can win the electoral vote and thus the presidency.
Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted.
Amendment 4 would allow abortions up to viability, but it failed to pass with 60% approval from Florida voters, according to the Associated Press.
Here’s where to find election results races on the ballot in Sumter County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Here’s where to find election results for races on the ballot in Orange County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Here’s where to find election results for races on the ballot in Osceola County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Here’s where to find election results for races on the ballot in Lake County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Here’s where to find election results for races on the ballot in Flagler County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Here’s where to find election results for races on the ballot in Brevard County. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.
This story seeks to break down what Florida Amendment 4 means and get past all the rhetoric on both sides. We will also look at the current abortion laws in Florida.
Residents in an East Orlando neighborhood were allegedly victims of mail theft from their community mailbox, including vote-by-mail ballots.
Here are the candidates up for election in November for Orange County Commission seats in Districts 1, 3 and 5.
Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters.
As Floridians finalized preparations to ride out Hurricane Milton Tuesday, elections officials across Central Florida finalized preparations to keep ballots and ballot equipment safe during the storm.
As the election approaches, be prepared and know how to vote by getting to know the candidates and amendments you will see on your county’s ballot. Here is everything you need to know to vote in Brevard County.
Are you voting in Sumter County on Nov. 5? Here is a list of candidates and amendments in Sumter County from city to federal races.
If you are voting in Orange County, now is the time to get to know your candidates and amendments before the Nov. 5 election. Here is everything you need to know to vote in Orange County.
Get ready for the upcoming election by getting to know your county’s candidates and amendments. Here is a list of everything you need to know to vote in the upcoming election in Flagler County.
Uncertain about what you’re walking into when hitting the polls? Here is everything you need to know to vote in the upcoming Nov. 5 election in Lake County.
Attorneys with Orange County and the Supervisor of Elections, Glen Gilzean, heard from the developer who filed the lawsuit last month to remove a proposed charter amendment that would establish a rural boundary in the county.
Party primaries for an open U.S. House seat, school board races, city races, and more are all on the ballot for the statewide primary on Aug. 20.
Party primaries for an open U.S. House seat, school board races, city races, and more are all on the ballot for the statewide primary on Aug. 20.
President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would step aside from his reelection bid and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris led to a flurry of activity by Democratic leaders in Florida as they rushed to shore up support for Harris.
Here is a list of some of the political events and panels that allow opportunities to learn about the small- and wide-scale candidates who are going to be asking for your vote in both the August Primary and the General Election in November.
Orlando City Council District 5 candidate Shaniqua Rose touts her experience working as a city employee when campaigning. That very experience is leading to new questions about Rose’s employment.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is endorsing the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, saying primary voters want to give the former president another chance.
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is replacing his campaign manager as the Florida governor continues to reset his stagnant presidential campaign.
Former President Donald Trump says he's been notified he is a target of the Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Marion County Republicans will go to the polls for a special primary election for Florida House District 24, the seat vacated by State Rep. Joe Harding who is under federal indictment for COVID-19 business loan fraud.
An investigation in Georgia looking into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat is among a number of cases that pose legal problems for the former president.
The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.
There weren't enough uncounted votes in Republican-leaning areas for Republican challenger Herschel Walker to make up his runoff election night gap with incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
The elections director in the largest county in one of the nation’s most important battleground states details the threats he and his co-workers have received since the 2020 presidential election and how he responded to protect his staff.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican revelation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump.
As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact.
The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington.
Former President Donald Trump is facing rebuke from both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.
President Joe Biden made phone calls with fellow Democrats Friday for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff election, delivering hot coffee to volunteers, too, and thanking them for their work.
A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can't share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election.
Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.
A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, are criticizing Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
The extended Senate campaign in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel Walker, has grown increasingly bitter ahead as their Dec. 6 runoff nears.
State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.
Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election.
Fears of aggressive poll watchers sowing chaos at polling stations or conservative groups trying to intimidate votes didn't materialize on Election Day as many election officials and voting rights experts had feared.
Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
Hundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy.
Former President Barack Obama will campaign again for Sen. Raphael Warnock as the Georgia Democrat tries to withstand a strong challenge from Republican Herschel Walker.
Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.
Malaysia’s next government appears to be leaning to the religious right as a coalition of Malay nationalists won support of an influential bloc after tightly fought general elections failed to produce a clear winner.
Fresh off his commanding re-election victory, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday is playing the role of dutiful Republican soldier campaigning for the first time alongside Senate hopeful Herschel Walker after spending months steering clear of his ticket-mate.
Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election lost bids for statewide offices that play key roles in overseeing voting in the six states that decided the last presidential election.
A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations.
In an Associated Press interview, Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she will remain focused on her post and not on growing national speculation she could mount a future presidential run.
Lengthy vote counts in states such as Arizona or California can frustrate candidates and their supporters, but they don't indicate anything is wrong with the voting or the tallying of ballots.
Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she’s assembling lawyers and collecting evidence of voters who had trouble casting ballots as she considers her next move.
