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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Florida Election Law Bill passes Legislature, on its way to the Governor</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/04/30/new-florida-election-law-bill-passes-legislature-on-its-way-to-the-governor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a flurry of action yesterday, a new election law bill passed the House and Senate yesterday and is on its way to the Governor.  I&#8217;ll spend more time going over it if the Governor signs it, but what jumped out immediately to me was this new section:  97.0115  Preemption.-All matters set forth in chapters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida election law bill vetoed</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/04/07/florida-election-law-bill-vetoed/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/04/07/florida-election-law-bill-vetoed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Governor vetoed HB1207, a recently passed election law bill. 
According to the bill analysis posted online, the bill would have reenacted and amended provisions related to electioneering communications and electioneering communication organizations (ECOs), revised provisions relating to use of local government funds for political advertising, and authorized the leader of each political party conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Florida Supreme Court Election Law Case</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/02/12/new-florida-supreme-court-election-law-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Florida Supreme Court case has been published: Sarasota Alliance For Fair Elections, Inc., Etc., Et Al. v. Kurt S. Browning, Etc., Et Al.   Beyond the question of whether you can pass a charter amendment regarding voting machines, what I found very interesting was the holding that the field of elections law had not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Supreme Court case</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/01/21/new-supreme-court-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The much anticipated US Supreme Court case Citizens United v. F.E.C. has been released. 183 pages of opinion and dissent to analyze.
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		<title>New Division opinion on electioneering communications</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/08/11/new-division-opinion-on-electioneering-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/08/11/new-division-opinion-on-electioneering-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Division of Elections has issued a new opinion dealing with the result of a recent Northern District federal case (Broward Coalition v. Browning) prohibiting enforcement of the electioneering communications provisions of Chapter 106, Florida Statutes, which the State apparently decided not to appeal further.
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		<title>In memory.</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/in-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/in-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a personal note, I am saddened to learn of the passing of a friend, Phyllis Busansky, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections.
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		<title>Latest on the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/latest-on-the-supreme-court-and-the-voting-rights-act/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/latest-on-the-supreme-court-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A large number of interesting pieces on yesterday&#8217;s Supreme Court decision on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Here&#8217;s a few interesting ones:  Washington Post The Hill NYTimes Washington Times While the majority of the Supreme Court did not rule on the constitutionality  of Section 5, it did open the door to more political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Voting Rights Act opinion released</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/22/new-voting-rights-act-opinion-released/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/22/new-voting-rights-act-opinion-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has released its much awaited opinion regarding Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, apparently side-stepping the question of whether Section 5 is constitutional.  I&#8217;m still looking at it, but wanted to make the link available.
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		<title>Election bill dead for this session?</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/27/election-bill-dead-for-this-session/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/27/election-bill-dead-for-this-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numerous reports, including this one in the Miami Herald, indicate that leader of the Florida House of Representatives does not think there is enough time left in this session for the proposed elections bills.  With the legislative session looking at either an extension or a special session this year, we&#8217;ll see what happens.
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		<title>More on SB956</title>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/21/more-on-sb956/</link>
		<comments>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/21/more-on-sb956/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest summary of the changes proposed in Senate Bill 956 is:

 Expressly providing that the Florida Election Code preempts any local provision regarding elections unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
A substantial revision to third party voter registration organization requirements.
The removal of retirement center identification and neighborhood association identification from the list of identifications that [...]]]></description>
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