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Free stamps=bribe?

February 22, 2008 By admin

The Orlando Sentinel reports that one of the political parties mailed stamps to voters and told them to use the stamps to return their absentee ballot for the Florida House District 32 contest. The question is whether that crosses the line and constitutes a bribe under Fla. Stat. 104.061 or is of such nominal value that it does not cause a problem.

Filed Under: Local Cases, State Law and Opinions Tagged With: bribe, elections, florida, law, local government

Proposed bills for Election law changes

February 21, 2008 By admin

The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections held a workshop on Wednesday to review several proposed election law changes. As covered in the Sun Sentinel, notable among these is a proposal to bar local governments from spending public money to run advertisements concerning an upcoming referendum. The bill is online at the Senate site and the workshop agenda packet is also available.

Filed Under: State Law and Opinions Tagged With: elections, florida, law, local government

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