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Before You Celebrate Clinton’s Win: The Democrats’ Bad Downballot Map

October 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Not a commanding Congressional seats for Democrats are in a non-commanding position. Even if they pick up seats in two weeks, they are likely to lose many more in two years.

Hillary Clinton looks increasingly likely to win the White House, but her party faces a big obstacle to success in congressional races — Democrats are sorting themselves into geographic clusters where many of their votes have been rendered all but superfluous.

Early Voting: A Dissent

October 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Early voting gives political parties and special interests a chance to manipulate, to lock up blocs of votes in advance of Election Day and to keep opposition parties and candidates from offering another viewpoint, argues Nancy Smith.

In Flagler Elections, Primary May Decide Half the Local Races, Including Supervisor

June 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

They may all be Republicans, but as things stand now, all voters, regardless of party affiliation may cast a ballot in the Supervisor of Elections race in the Aug. 30 primary, which will decide the outright winner for that office. The same applies to two school board races and to the three races for Palm Coast council, although in Palm Coast's case run-offs are still possible. Above, from left, elections supervisor candidates Kimble Medley, incumbent Kaiti Lenhart, and Abra Seay. (© FlaglerLive)

Underscoring the importance of turnout, All voters, regardless of party affiliation, may vote for Supervisor of Elections, School Board and Palm Coast council in the Aug. 30 primary, with the results in two of the three races deciding the outright winners. That’s assuming no one pulls the write-in ploy.

Flagler County Royalty:
The Trouble With Uncontested Elections

March 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Property Appraiser Jay Gardner and Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston have no competition, Tom Bexley for clerk of court barely does: Good as they are at their jobs, it’s not good for Flagler or for the offices they represent.

As Swing States Go, Florida Is Still the Gate to the White House

January 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The state’s central position on the road to the White House remains the state’s great revenge for all of the fun the rest of the country gets from reading about Florida Man, writes Steven Schale.

Why Voters Don’t Give a Damn Anymore: Government Of the Few, By the Few, For the Fewest

December 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Barely a third of the eligible voting-age population — 36.4 percent — voted in the midterms this month. The major reason people don’t vote is that they don’t think it will make a difference, argues Martin Dyckman.

The People’s Guide to Defeating the Koch Brothers

June 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

People are more powerful than all of Sheldon Adelson’s and the Koch Brothers’ money combined, argues Stephen Goldstein, so if enough voters see through the barrage of lies and deceptions that engulf them in elections, people-power can neutralize the money peddlers.

Corruption Theorem: Money as Speech and the Supreme Court’s Death Blow to Democracy

April 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

We’ve come a long way from the days of Lawton Chiles, who won his election for governor despite limiting contributions to $10 a pop. There is no longer any bidding limit on the vast auction block American politics has become since, writes Martin Dyckman.

Florida Is Excluded From Congressional Fix of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Nullified

January 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, Congress is working to reinstate a similar provision that would require certain states to acquire federal “preclearance” for new voting laws. Unlike the provision enacted in 1965, though, Florida is no longer one of the state’s that would need oversight.

Data-Mining Goes Carnivore on Florida’s Public Records to Help Lobbyists and Candidates

August 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“Contributionlink,” the brainchild of lobbyist Brecht Heuchan, gives lobbyists and candidates an edge by mining a myriad of public databases, creating profiles of current and potential donors and showing clients how their money stacks up against the competition.

With Fewer Days and Places to Vote, Early Voting Falls Significantly in Flagler

November 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

On-person early voting was down in Flagler County from 36.6 percent in 2008 to 29.1 percent this year, for several reasons: a shorter early-voting window, two early voting locations instead of three (Flagler Beach was eliminated), and less enthusiasm than the 2008 election, which drew the highest turnout in a presidential election in 40 years.

Party Spin Kicks In as 1.9 Million Floridians Have Already Cast Early Voting Ballots

October 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Democratic voters accounted for 39.5 percent of the absentee returns, with voters affiliated with other parties and NPAs making up the remainder. In early voting, the roles reverse. Democrats made up 49.1 percent of the more than 528,000 voters who cast ballots over the weekend. Republicans made up 28.6 percent.

You’ll Shop for 43 Minutes a Day, But You Won’t Take 15 Minutes to Vote Every Two Years

August 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

Less than 16 percent of Florida’s eligible voters, and 20 percent of Flagler’s, cast a ballot in last Tuesday’s primary, once again reminding the world that Americans’s interest in community and citizenship is among the lowest of any democracies. Perhaps it’s time to make voting mandatory.

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