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...
Senate Bill 956: Relating to Elections
As reported in the NY Times and St. Pete Times, the former “shell” 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’s schedule for a committee hearing Thursday afternoon.
Tie vote
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: “such persons shall draw lots to determine who shall be elected to...
America Votes! Supplement
I contributed a chapter to the American Bar Association to the America Votes! Supplement – just published today.
Kenneth City Mayor/Charter case
Bay News 9 here in the Tampa area is reporting on a case in Kenneth City, over in Pinellas County. The charter in Kenneth City bars its elected officials from holding office at the same time as they work as a public employee. A school teacher, who recently was elected mayor of the town...
A return to the blog.
Thanks for all of you who have asked about this blog, I’m now resuming my work on it. I’ve been working on a forthcoming publication on these kind of issues, so that has taken time away from this space. With that concluded, I’ll be posting again here. With the Florida Legislature in session, I’m...