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Ryan Yadav calls for state response to missing ballots in Seminole County

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Democratic House District 30 candidate Ryan Yadav is calling for the state to take “all steps necessary to address” missing ballots in Seminole County, suggesting there may be voter fraud at work. Yadav, who’s taking on Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes, is responding to news reports in the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday that the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Office has confirmed five absentee ballots apparently were stolen from mailboxes or somewhere else, filled out and returned by someone other than…

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Almost 50,000 vote-by-mail ballots have been returned

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Nearly 50,000 vote-by-mail ballots already have been returned out of the 2.7 million requested for the November general election. Tuesday’s tally, exactly 48,331, was posted on the state’s Division of Elections website. That includes ballots to service members and others outside the country. Registered Republicans lead in voted ballots to Democrats by 21,027 to 18,421, a gap of 2,606. Other party and no-party voters have returned another 8,883 ballots. Pinellas far outpaces all other counties, with 12,014 voted ballots having been returned, the website shows. In second place…

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AIF analysis shows Democrats are catching up in vote-by-mail requests — but will they vote?

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A detailed analysis of requests for mail-in ballots in Florida for the Nov. 8 general election shows Democrats are getting more proficient at getting their voters to request such ballots, but still trail Republicans, especially among “super voters.” The analysis, done by Associated Industries of Florida, finds that so far this election, 2.66 million mail ballots [formerly known as absentee] have been requested, with 1.12 million requested by registered Republicans, 1.02 million by registered Democrats, and the rest by independent…

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Florida vote-by-mail hits record 2.5M requests, Republicans in lead

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More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of Florida and North Carolina than at this point in 2012, as early voting shows signs of surging nationwide. Florida doesn’t start absentee balloting until Tuesday, but already a record 2.5 million voters have requested ballots. Republicans are ahead in ballot requests, 43 percent to 38 percent. That’s a much narrower gap than in 2008, the most recent in which comparable data was available. At that time, the…

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Florida now at 2.2M vote-by-mail ballot requests

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The number of vote-by-mail ballots requested by voters from Florida elections supervisors now has topped 2.2 million, according to the state’s Division of Elections. The tally, as of Thursday morning, is for the Aug. 30 primary. That number includes ballots mailed to service members and others outside the country. Of those, Republicans make up 988,030 of the ballot requests, with Democrats at 834,267, and third-party and no-party registered voters at 392,331. County elections supervisors started mailing ballots on July 26. Lawmakers recently changed the name of such ballots to…

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Pinellas elections office sends presidential primary ballots to overseas voters

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More than 1,500 military and overseas voters will receive their absentee ballots soon. The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office mailed 1,579 ballots Friday for the Presidential Preference Primary. Those receiving absentee ballots include active-duty military, their spouses and dependents absent from their place of residence. It also includes civilians who are U.S. citizens, but currently residing abroad. Another about 203,000 domestic voters will have ballots mailed out near Feb. 9. Legally, ballots must be mailed 28 to 35 days…

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Times’ editorial wrong on mail-in voting

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There is a mis-editorial in today’s Times claiming that early, mail-in voting is causing frustration in several municipal elections in Pinellas County: Some candidates were surprised, too. Local election campaigns don’t typically kick into high gear until about six weeks before Election Day. But in mid January candidates started hearing from residents who had ballots and were frustrated that they had seen no information about the people running for office. Candidates scrambled to try to connect with those voters, and…

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