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Elections

2024 Election

Why registering voters for 2024 elections just got harder

“It’s nearly impossible for organizations like mine to conduct paper registration collection without the fear of being fined at a rate that could ultimately bankrupt us.”

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2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Charter Review Commission delivers 11 amendment proposals

Includes 12-month residency requirement for candidates; commission has 45 days to review.

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RIGHT TO VOTE

Voting rights group sues Florida officials for intimidation, blocking former felons from voting

“If the citizens of Florida cannot rely on the state to determine voter eligibility, then who can we rely on?”

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LOCAL ELECTIONS

The uncontested local election

Ocoee goes to the polls March 14 while Winter Garden and Windermere voters sit out canceled elections — and not for the first time. Why don’t municipal elections have more candidates?

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson wins re-election with more than 60 percent of the vote

Ocoee sticks with tried and true as Commissioner Richard Firstner also retains District 3 seat. Scott Kennedy wins in District 1.

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ELECTIONS

Records show Ocoee District 3 candidate primary residence is Orlando

City charter requires that candidates be “bona fide residents” when they qualify — and remain so for their four-year term.

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