First newspaper editorial, courtesy of the St. Pete Times, that I’ve seen that mentions the “bifurcated voting system” that is apparently in place in Florida today.
First newspaper editorial, courtesy of the St. Pete Times, that I’ve seen that mentions the “bifurcated voting system” that is apparently in place in Florida today.
I’m a bit behind in posting this – here is the order in the Miami-Dade early voting dispute, courtesy of the Miami Herald. The court held the issue of cancelling early voting on the Sunday before election day was moot due to the signing of HB1355.
Headline in the St. Pete Times today: “Elections supervisors in key counties refuse to implement new law” – same article in the Miami Herald has the headline: “Without DOJ sign-off, elections chief balk at voting law.”
The American Bar Association’s ABA Journal posted an interesting article today entitled “As Other States Watch, Florida’s Redistricting Fracas May Set the Lines for the Future. Apparently this will be in their June 1 printed edition.
Here are some samples of the coverage of the HB1355 in local newspapers around the State, most appear to be running the AP story online, but some have independent coverage: Florida Times-Union/jacksonville.com Miami Herald editorial Miami-Herald story Sarasota Herald-Tribune Palm Beach Post St Pete Times editorial I also found an opinion piece from the...
The Governor has signed HB1355 into law, it will become Chapter 2011-40, Laws of Florida, according to the Florida Senate website.
The Miami Herald has an update on the Miami-Dade early voting story…a hearing was held, but no order yet.
Apparently, Miami-Dade County’s Supervisor of Elections office has decided that the Governor will be signing HB 1355 into law, as they have cancelled early voting for this coming Sunday. In response, Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Marcelo Llorente has filed suit seeking to reinstate Sunday’s early voting. If the Governor does sign the law, it will be...
Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 1355 (CS/CS/HB 1355) alters many of the procedures in place since the Florida Election Reform Act of 2001. In 158 pages of legislation, the Legislature has decreased the number of early voting days, altered the way voter registration drives can be done, including the potential of...