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	<title>Florida Election Law</title>
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	<description>The latest in Florida Election Law issues, cases, and news.</description>
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		<title>New Florida Supreme Court Election Law Case</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/02/12/new-florida-supreme-court-election-law-case/</link>
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		<title>New Supreme Court case</title>
		<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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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2010/01/21/new-supreme-court-case/</link>
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		<title>New Division opinion on electioneering communications</title>
		<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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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/08/11/new-division-opinion-on-electioneering-communications/</link>
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		<title>In memory.</title>
		<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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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/in-memory/</link>
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		<title>Latest on the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/23/latest-on-the-supreme-court-and-the-voting-rights-act/</link>
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		<title>New Voting Rights Act opinion released</title>
		<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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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/06/22/new-voting-rights-act-opinion-released/</link>
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		<title>Election bill dead for this session?</title>
		<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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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/27/election-bill-dead-for-this-session/</link>
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		<title>More on SB956</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/21/more-on-sb956/</link>
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		<title>Senate Bill 956: Relating to Elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the NY Times and St. Pete Times, the former &#8220;shell&#8221; bill SB956 has become the placeholder for a series of proposed elections changes.  So far, the potential changes are listed in the committee amendments section - it&#8217;s schedule for a committee hearing Thursday afternoon.
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		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/16/senate-bill-956-relating-to-elections/</link>
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		<title>Tie vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Eagle Lake is dealing with a recount-confirmed tie vote, according to NewsChief.com.  Seven voters did not pick a candidate, and the remaining votes from the less than 20% turnout resulted in a tie.  Fla. Stat 100.181 speaks to this: &#8220;such persons shall draw lots to determine who shall be elected to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://floridaelectionlaw.com/2009/04/13/tie-vote/</link>
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