A Republican lawmaker wants the Justice Department to investigate ACORN, a community organization under fire for several voter-registration fraud cases. ...more

September 15, 2009

Nearly 4,000 poll workers will undergo an intensive training course at the Phyllis Busansky Clerks Academy prior to next year's elections. ...more

July 9, 2009

Election chiefs in Florida walk a fine line between politics and the oath of office. ...more

February 21, 2009

The difference in the spelling of her name is only one letter, but it has sent Geraldean Smith - or now Jeraldean to officialdom - on a roller coaster ride she would rather avoid. ...more

February 13, 2009

Buoyed by Barack Obama's victory in Florida last month, state Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman on Saturday took aim at one of her next targets: Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

December 21, 2008

A record was broken on Election Day. It wasn't voter turnout. It was the abundance of politically conscious cell phone users who texted their family, friends and neighbors after it was announced Barack Obama would be the 44th U.S. president. ...more

November 10, 2008

1:16 p.m.: From jammed optical scanners to long lines at a University of South Florida polling place, the first hours of voting have produced a mishmash of reported problems statewide, voting rights advocates say. ...more

November 4, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of pages of what appear to be voter survey documents were found strewn along a section of Interstate 4 early this morning. The documents were discovered along a quarter-mile stretch of the highway near I-275 and contained names, addresses, phone numbers and party affiliations of Hillsborough County voters. Several empty cardboard boxes were found nearby. ...more

November 3, 2008

When movie producers approached Gina Prince-Bythewood seven years ago to write the screenplay for "The Secret Life of Bees," she didn't have time to read the 300-page novel. ...more

November 1, 2008

Emily Moody was a television host, reader to the blind and department store heiress. ...more

October 23, 2008