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Elections

DEBATE

Growth, housing and Lake Apopka dominate Polland-Bunevich debate

The candidates are vying for Seat 1 on the Town Commission in Oakland’s first contested election in 16 years.

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VOTING MAP

Winter Garden commission considers new voting map

Districts 1 and 3 would gain territory with the latter remaining majority nonwhite

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2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Got Voter ID?

Having trouble locating the required documents for a Florida ID? VoterRiders can help with that.

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VOTER SUPPRESSION

Study: Most Florida vote-by-mail ballots flagged for problems in November election cast by young, first-time and minority voters

Nearly three-quarters of Floridians whose mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 general election were initially flagged for some problem — such as mismatched or missing signatures — were able to correct or “cure” their ballots in time so they could be counted, a new study found. However, it also found that the majority of vote-by-mail ballots flagged for rejection were cast by younger, Black, Hispanic and first-time voters.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

March 9 Municipal Elections: Voters turn out big to send incumbents back to office

All the results from the races in Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Garden. Plus: we have reaction from the re-elected and the newly elected!

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Turnout is low but vote-by-mail is hugely popular in early voting ahead of Tuesday's election

Nearly all voters who voted early in the March 9 municipal elections, chose to vote by mail.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Michael Hargreaves highlights traffic and maintaining Windermere's quaintness in Town Council race

Hargreaves, who owns a security business, highlighted traffic as a top issue as well as maintaining the dirt roads and quaintness of Windermere as did the other candidates. He also wanted to look into alleged voting irregularities.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Bill Martini seeks reelection to Windermere Town Council to continue work on major projects

Seeking reelection, Martini said he has no personal agenda except to represent Windermere residents.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

'Everyday guy' Keith Richardson seeks to give back to Ocoee, citing traffic and firefighter retention as top issues

Richardson — who said he’s in the race because he wants to give back to Ocoee, which “has been very good to me” — cited road infrastructure and firefighter retention as major issues for the city.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

He struck out at the county and state levels. Now Bobby O is back to re-claim the District 3 city commission seat he resigned in his quest for higher office

Winter Garden's retail politician talks East Winter Garden, public safety, good ol' boy politics and whether he's in it for keeps this time around or just laying the foundation for a much bigger run.

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