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Mitch Perry Report for 9.26.16 – Keeping everything in perspective

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I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated as theĀ history shows there have been very few sinceĀ they began being held regularly in 1976 which have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance but horrible on style (with his sighs and eye-rolling).The revelation about Bush’s DUI arrest that Fox News brokeĀ five…

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Charlie Crist calls for Deborah Clark to open an early voting polling station in South St. Pete

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A day after St. Petersburg MayorĀ Rick KrisemanĀ called on Pinellas County Supervisor of ElectionsĀ Deborah ClarkĀ to openĀ a polling place for early voting in south St. Petersburg,Ā Charlie CristĀ echoed that call on Saturday. “As Floridaā€™s Governor, I signed an executive order to expand early voting hours, to ensure as many people can participate in the electoral process as possible,” Crist wrote Clark on Saturday. “It was the right thing to do. I encourage you to do the right thing for the people of Pinellas,…

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Civic leaders seek polling place for early voting in south St. Pete

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman joined community activists Friday in urging Pinellas County elections supervisor Deborah Clark to open a polling place for early voting in south St. Petersburg. Kriseman and the others, the Revs. Manuel Sykes of Bethel Community Baptist Church and Louis Murphy of Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, said access to early voting is crucial to giving people a voice in choosing the elected officials who represent them. With many people working jobs and taking care…

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Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts ā€” FloridaPolitics.com ā€” I knew that one

Early voting in Pinellas is brisk

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Itā€™s only been two weeks since Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark started sending mail-in ballots to thousands of Pinellas voters for the Aug. 30 election. The election is called a primary election with certain races limited to members of a specific political party. Republicans will have choices of candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and Pinellas County property appraiser. Democrats will decide on candidates for U.S. Senate and, depending on their district, candidates for state Senate and House. Libertarians…

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Unopposed local constitutional officers to return nearly $900,000 in contributions

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The collecting began last year, and the contributions flowed into Tampa Bay incumbent constitutional officers focused winning this fallā€™s elections and keeping their jobs for four more years. By last week, when qualifying ended, nearly a dozen had raked in close to $900,000, ready to wage war with challengers to their positions as sheriffs, tax collectors, clerks of the circuit court, supervisors of elections and school superintendents. Turns out they donā€™t need that cash at all. Nine constitutional officers in…

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Ken Burke, Deborah Clark, Charles Thomas pre-qualify, with no opposition

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Itā€™s the first day of qualifying for the upcoming elections and several candidates for Pinellasā€™ constitutional offices have pre-qualified. Three have no opposition, so far. Ken Burke, whoā€™s running for re-election to the clerk of courtā€™s office, and Deborah Clark, seeking re-election as the supervisor of elections, have both pre-qualified. So has Charles Thomas, a first-time candidate whoā€™s seeking to replace his boss, Diane Nelson, who is retiring as Pinellas County tax collector. All three Republicans are unopposed thus far.…

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Pinellas voter information cards in the mail starting today

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The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections began mailing new voter information cards to all 623,000 registered Pinellas County voters today. ā€œVoters should carefully review the information on their new voter information cards ā€“ including name, address and political party affiliation ā€“ to make sure it is correct,ā€ Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark said. ā€œIf voters need to update any information, please call (727) 464-VOTE to make changes before the Aug. 1 deadline to register to vote and change political party…

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