A potential legal battle is brewing between the Orange County government and the county’s supervisor of elections office over a reported budget surplus of $4 million that was spent on a scholarship at Valencia College and training programs at CareerSource Central Florida.

On the last day for early voting in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties, News 6 sent a crew out to the Apopka Community Center, where the line wrapped around the building and down Station Street.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke at an early voting event Sunday in Orange County on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris while Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, held a get-out-the-vote rally in Orlando that afternoon.

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean held a news conference in Winter Park to announce “a substantial change” to early voting.

As supervised voting for the general election is underway, Orange County is rolling out a program to help guide disabled veterans through the voting process.

In a recent interview with News 6, election supervisors from five Central Florida counties shared their thoughts on the upcoming November election, highlighting both optimism and concern.

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.

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office dropped off more than 110,000 vote-by-mail ballots at the United States Postal Service facility in Orlando on Wednesday for the first mailing of domestic vote-by-mail ballots of the November General Election.

News 6 visited the Supervisor of Elections Office in Orange County to follow up on cameras that will live-stream the ballot process on Aug. 20.

Two more early voting sites are now in place in Orange County ahead of Florida’s primary election.

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections reported the office has received less than half of the number of vote-by-mail ballot requests than in past election cycles, attributing it to a fairly recent change in Florida voter laws. Other counties are also reporting lower numbers.

The Orange County supervisor of elections used Juneteenth to announce the addition of two new early voting sites, meant to address “voting deserts” in Orange County’s Black communities.

Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean spent part of his Father’s Day visiting churches in District 5.

Glen Gilzean, the Gov. DeSantis-appointed supervisor of elections in Orange County, will not run for the seat and will leave when the term is up.

On Thursday, Gil Gilzean had just four days on the job as Orange County’s newly-appointed supervisor of elections when he met face-to-face with the man who held the position for nearly three decades.

Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s government earlier this year, morale has deteriorated, the governing district has been politicized and cronyism permeates the organization.

A co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, has been appointed to the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Employees of Walt Disney World’s governing district are criticizing new board members appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis for a decision to eliminate free passes and discounts to the theme park resort for 400 of its district workers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to a board that oversees Disney World’s governing district have launched a battle against the company on a new front — free passes and discounts for employees.

The new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district can’t continue to work in his new job and be chair of Florida’s ethics commission at the same time.