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Milissa Holland, Palm Coast Candidate for Mayor: The Live Interview

August 1, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

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Milissa Holland is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor. She faces three other candidates: John Brady, Dennis McDonald, and Ron Radford. All registered city voters regardless of party may cast a vote in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30.

John Brady, Palm Coast Mayoral Candidate: The Live Interview

July 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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John Brady is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor. He faces three other candidates: Milissa Holland, Dennis McDonald and Ron Radford in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30, in which all registered voters may cast a ballot.

Arthur McGovern Jr., Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

July 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Arthur McGovern Jr. is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. He does not appear to be taking his candidacy seriously.

Sims Jones, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

July 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Sims Jones is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. He faces three other candidates: Robert Cuff, Troy Dubose, and Arthur McGovern, Jr. in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30, in which all registered voters may cast a ballot.

Troy DuBose, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

July 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Troy DuBose is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. He faces three other candidates in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30: Robert Cuff, Sims Jones and Arthur McGovern, Jr. All registered voters may cast a ballot.

Robert Cuff, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

July 27, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Robert Cuff is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. He faces three other candidates in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30: Troy DuBose, Sims Jones and Arthur McGovern, Jr. All registered voters may cast a ballot.

Anita Moeder, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

July 25, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Anita Moeder is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 3. She faces two other candidates: Nick Klufas and Pam Richardson in the non-partisan election on Aug. 30, in which all registered voters may cast a ballot.

Chris Yates, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Chris Yates is one of six Republican candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Two Republicans are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

Mark Whisenant, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Mark Whisenant is one of six Republican candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Two Republicans are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

Jerry O’Gara, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Jerry O’Gara is one of six Republican candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Two Democrats are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

John Lamb, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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John Lamb is one of six Republican candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Two Democrats are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

Don Fleming, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Donald Fleming is one of six Republican candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Two Democrats, including incumbent Jim Manfre, are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

Jim Manfre, Flagler County Sheriff Candidate: The Live Interview

July 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Jim Manfre is one of two Democratic candidates for Flagler County Sheriff in the Aug. 30 primary. Six Republicans are contesting the primary in what has been the most heavily and expensively contested race for a local office this year.

Abra Seay, Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Candidate: The Live Interview

July 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Abra Seay is one of three candidates for Flagler County Elections Supervisor in the Aug. 30 primary, which in this race amounts to the general election: All voters, regardless of party affiliation, may cast a ballot in this race, which will decide the winner.

Kimble Medley, Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Candidate: The Live Interview

July 12, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Kimble Medley is one of three candidates for Flagler County Elections Supervisor in the Aug. 30 primary, in which all voters, regardless of party affiliation, may cast a ballot. The primary will decide the winner with no further vote in November.

Kaiti Lenhart, Flagler County Supervisor Of Elections Candidate: The Live Interview

July 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Kaiti Lenhart is the incumbent candidate for Flagler County Elections Supervisor in the Aug. 30 primary, which in this race amounts to the general election: All voters, regardless of party affiliation, may cast a ballot in this race, which will decide the winner.

Poll-Tax Redux: Millions Free From Jail Are Barred From Voting By Criminal Debt

April 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Debt from fines starts at sentencing and can grow at interest rates of 12 percent or more while inmates serve their sentences. It continues to grow after they’re released and face the numerous barriers to finding work and housing.

In a First, Flagler’s Early Voters Will get Ballots Printed On Demand, Saving Money and Paper

March 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The old approach of printing surplus ballots creates costly redundancies and, eventually waste: unused ballots are discarded. That approach will still be used on election days.

Citing Home Rule, Bunnell Opposes State Move Forcing Cities to Alter Election Schedules

February 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Voter turnout in Bunnell city elections has been notoriously low. A state proposal aims to change that by forcing cities like Bunnell to adopt different election schedules. The Bunnell City Commission is opposed.

Flagler Voter Registrations Surge to 90%, Aiding GOP as Democrats Fall to Historic Low

February 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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Flagler County’s voter registration rolls have surged by 21 percent since 2009, resulting in a 90 percent registration rate, with Republicans riding a 4,500-voter advantage over Democrats.

Proposal Would Force Cities, Including Bunnell and Flagler Beach, to Move Elections to November

November 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Cities intend to fight a proposal now before state lawmakers that would take away their ability to set local election dates and could extend the terms of some current elected officials.

Online Voter Registration in Florida Is Now Law, Over Resistance By Gov. Scott and Detzner

May 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida must now develop an online voter registration system by October 2017, joining 20 other states that already provide the service. Gov. Scott was reluctant to sign the measure into law.

Miscounts Stretch Marathon Canvassing Board Meeting to 16 Hours, Ending After Midnight

October 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Aside from Supervisor Kimberle Weeks hiring a stenographer without the Canvassing Board’s authorization, the meeting Thursday was dominated by attempts to reconcile a four-ballot difference.

County Forcefully Rejects Elections Supervisor’s Claims That Campaign Sign Restrictions Hurt Turnout

August 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Aided by a political candidate, Flagler Supervisor of Elections criticized county rules barring election signs on public property, claiming it lowers turnout and interferes with elections, promoting forceful rebuttals from the county administration.

Federal Appeals Court Declares Scott Administration’s 2012 Voter Purge Illegal

April 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments from Rick Scott’s administration that the effort to remove suspected non-citizens from the voting rolls did not violate a federal law barring wide-ranging efforts to cleanse those rolls within 90 days of an election.

ACLU May Challenge Elections Division Ruling Blocking UF Student Union as Voting Location

February 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Democrats contend Gov. Rick Scott is “laying roadblocks to voting” because of a state Division of Elections opinion that the student union at the University of Florida can’t be used as an early voting location.

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.

Weeks After Bunnell Commissioner’s Residency Is Questioned, Lawmakers Float Tighter Rules

January 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A pair of state lawmakers announced a proposal Thursday that would tighten the definition of residency for elected officials, but the measures don’t specify what the punishment might be or who would be responsible for enforcing the standards.

Republicans Fret as Motor Voter Law
Meets Obamacare

November 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Twenty years ago, Congress passed a controversial law requiring states to allow people to register to vote when they applied for driver’s licenses or social services. That same law is bringing voter registration to the health insurance marketplaces, and again, it is expected to result in legal fights as Republicans fear it will drive up Democratic registrations.

A Tiff, and Broader Implications, In County’s Hope of Eliminating Voter Voice in Economic Development

October 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

In a reflection of government-backed economic development’s dim luster, Flagler County want to eliminate voters’ role in giving local governments authority to extend tax breaks to companies. That proposal led to a clash Monday between government critic Dennis McDonald and Commissioner Barbara Revels.

Florida Voter Purge 2.0: More Complicated and Cautious, Less Brazenly Discriminatory

October 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The complicated new voter-purge process comes after supervisors scrapped last year’s non-citizen purge — the brainchild of Gov. Scott — after learning that many of the voters flagged by matching the state’s voter registration database and driver’s license records were naturalized citizens. More than half of the voters on the list were minorities.

Supervisors of Election Weary of State’s Renewed Push for Voter Purges

September 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Secretary of State Ken Detzner will go on the road next month to pitch for a revived voter scrub, but supervisors of elections, caught in the crosshairs of last year’s problematic purge, and voting-rights advocates remain skeptical.

Memo to Palm Coast Council: Don’t Let an Unelected Manager Dictate Democracy in the City

August 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

By letting Jim Landon’s feud with Supervisor of Elections Kim Weeks drag on at voters’ expense, the Palm Coast City Council is improperly letting its unelected city manager set early voting policy while reminding us why it bears a big share of the blame for sending election turnouts in Palm Coast tumbling to record lows for the past several cycles.

Majority of Palm Coast Council Would Forego Early Voting Fees, But Weeks Hardens Over Space

August 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The clash between Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks and Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon is not nearing resolution even as a majority of the city council would extend free use of a room at the community center for early voting, because Weeks is insisting on using a larger room, which the council won’t concede.

Palm Coast’s Landon Digs In Heels Against Elections Supervisor “Demands” For Early Voting Arrangement

August 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council is backing City Manager Jim Landon’s decision to charge the elections supervisor for early voting use of the Community Center on Palm Coast Parkway, while the supervisor shows equal intransigeance as she refuses to accept a smaller room Landon is ready to make available for the 13 days of early voting at the center.

Florida Voter Group Argues for a Free Speech Right to Secrecy and Unregulated PACs

April 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The state says it is justified in requiring disclosures of information about political action committee contributions and expenditures. Plaintiffs, arguing their case before a federal appeals court Tuesday, say they should be free to express themselves on political issues without registering as a committee and filling out campaign documents.

Florida Rediscovers Voting Rights as Bi-Partisan Reform Bill Advances Easily

February 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A proposal designed to expand early voting days and limit the length of ballots unanimously passed a House subcommittee Wednesday, but Democrats warned the measure would need to change to continue to attract bipartisan support.

In a Calculated Shift, Gov. Scott Wants Early Voting Days Decided by Local Supervisors

January 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott two years ago signed a law restricting early voting days to eight. His shift back to allow up to 14 days would give local supervisors more choice, but could also be an unfunded mandate: if supervisors don’t have the money to expand voting days, they’ll take the political blame for not doing so.

Florida’s Election System Disgrace: Too Few Precincts or Too Long Ballots?

January 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The ballot was long in part because the Legislature exempted itself from a 75-word limit on ballot summaries that applies to interest groups that put forth proposed amendments. And in some cases, the entire text of the amendment was listed.

For African-American Voter Turnout, a New Normal

December 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Ever since the process toward full citizenship of African Americans began with the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, politicians and others have been trying to stop us from exercising the hard fought, hard won right to vote, writes Leslie Watson Malachie. It’s not working anymore.

After Latest Florida Ballot Debacle, Democrats File Bills to Extend Early Voting

November 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Bills filed this week would require early voting to begin 15 days before Election Day, up from 10 days before under current law, and early voting wouldn’t end until the Sunday night before the election under the new measures.

Dan Gelber: Time for a Constitutional Amendment to Ensure Voter Access

November 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

It’s very sad that the citizens of Florida need their rights protected from their own government. But if there is anything this last election has taught us, it’s that our right to vote is clearly imperiled in Florida, argues Dan Gelber.

Criticism Mounts as Florida’s Voting Process Shames and Embarrasses Again

November 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Most of the state experienced problem-free voting. But in Miami-Dade County, many voters remained in line long after the race was called, with some voters reportedly waiting for more than six hours to cast a ballot on Election Day. The delay was despite the fact that half the state’s voters had already voted before Tuesday.

Florida Elections Roundup: Celebrations and Surprises for Democrats, Glumness for GOP

November 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Florida Democrats hadn’t celebrated much since, well, President Obama won the state in 2008. But that changed Tuesday. Obama carried Florida again on the way to a second term in the White House, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson easily won re-election, and Democratic candidates picked up legislative and congressional seats.

Scenes from Flagler’s Election Day

November 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Short lines, minor problems, strange decisions at polling locations to restrict campaign solicitors as Flagler County and the rest of the nation votes. FlaglerLive is gathering impressions, reactions and images from Election Day around the county.

Florida Republicans’ Poll Tax Nostalgia

October 12, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 9 Comments

Hoping to minimize Democrats’ turnout, the GOP-dominated Florida Legislature is going out of its way to make voting more of a privilege than an absolute right. There are a few ways to get around the voter-suppression schemes.

Ballot Up: Today Is Your Last Chance To Register to Vote in the Nov. 6 Election

October 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Beyond registering, voters this election cycle are urged to know their sample ballot and fill it out ahead of time, because it’s the longest in memory. Early voting, beginning on Oct. 27, or absentee voting, is encouraged.

FDLE Investigating GOP Voter Fraud Case

October 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The FDLE said Wednesday it launched a formal criminal investigation into the activities of Strategic Allied Consulting, a Virginia-based company hired by the Republican Party of Florida to register voters in preparation for the November elections.

Early Voting War Over as Judge, Citing “Souls to the Polls” Sundays, Refuses Injunction

September 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The war over early voting in Florida ahead of November’s presidential election appeared to wind down Monday, with a federal court refusing to block a portion of the state’s controversial 2011 elections law. In a ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan denied a request from Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown and other black voters to […]

Gov. Rick Scott Threatens to Remove Monroe’s Supervisor of Elections Over Early Voting

August 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

  Gov. Rick Scott issued a statement Tuesday that some read as a veiled threat to the Monroe County supervisor of elections, escalating a conflict over early-voting days in the run-up to the November elections. Harry Sawyer, the Republican supervisor in Monroe, said Monday he didn’t support an effort by Secretary of State Ken Detzner […]

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