A lawsuit seeking to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters is holding up the mailing of 10,000 absentee ballots. ...more

July 3, 2008

Two registered voters have filed a lawsuit in Pasco County challenging the write-in candidate "loophole" in state election law. ...more

July 1, 2008

The recent filing of a federal lawsuit is aimed at qualifying Florida Hometown Democracy for this year's election. Should the court order Hometown Democracy onto the ballot, it will validate what the over 820,000 people who have already signed petitions know - that the people must have the power to make major growth decisions directly. State and local governments have shown no ability to stand up to the development industry. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — First-term Republican Highlands County Commissioner Barbara Stewart won a second-four-year term Friday afternoon when nobody filed to run against her for the commission seat from the Avon Park district. Meanwhile, state Rep. Denise Grimsley, R- Lake Placid, will have a potentially formidable opponent in her bid for re-election. At 3:30 p.m. Friday, three and a half hours after the noon deadline for certifying candidates, the Florida Division of Elections certfified a potentially formidable independent candidate who goes straight to the November general election. ...more

June 20, 2008

MOST INCUMBENTS FACE CHALLENGERS ...more

June 20, 2008

A group suing to add a growth management proposal to November's ballot says it is battling a Legislature that has waged "war" on the citizens petition process. ...more

June 13, 2008

Florida's secretary of state says it doesn't make sense to continue taking up state archive space with ballots from the 2000 presidential election. ...more

June 2, 2008

Florida now has more Hispanic voters registered Democratic than Republican. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Florida now has more Hispanic voters registered as Democrats than Republicans. The difference is small – less than a percentage point. But it reflects a long-term demographic shift that could benefit Democrats: the increasing dominance of non-Cubans, particularly Puerto Ricans, among Floridians of Hispanic descent. ...more

May 9, 2008

"Grandma" Carol Castagnero's name has been on a ballot more times than she can remember. She's never won. ...more

May 3, 2008