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Federal judge extends Florida’s voter registration deadline to Wednesday

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A federal court judge has extended Florida’s voter registration deadline. In a court order Monday, District Court Judge Mark E. Walker directed the state’s top elections official to extend the voter registration deadline to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The one-day extension comes just one day after the Florida Democratic Party sued Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner over the deadline. The deadline to vote was Tuesday, but Florida Democrats said the deadline should be extended because of Hurricane Matthew.…

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Ken Detzner releases state’s Voter Education Toolkit

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Tuesday marks National Voter Registration Day in Florida, Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced. Detzner released the 2016 edition of the state’s Voter Education Toolkit “to make sure that voters have the resources they need and to encourage 100 percent voter participation in Florida,” he said. This year’s toolkit, available at YourVoteFlorida.com, now includes: — “Quick Facts” about the General Election for voters. — An infographic depicting the timeline of key upcoming election dates and deadlines. — Logos and social media banners using the department’s branded…

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Dan Raulerson sued over Wite-Out on campaign form

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Incumbent state Rep. Dan Raulerson‘s Democratic opponent has sued him, challenging the credentials he used to qualify to run for office. Namely, Democrat Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa this week alleged that Raulerson should be disqualified for the House District 58 race because someone used “correction fluid,” such as Wite-Out, on his paperwork, his suit said. He’s suing Raulerson, a two-term Plant City Republican, and Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer, Secretary of State Ken Detzner in his role as the state’s chief elections officer, and Kristi…

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State leaders sign off on Florida primary results

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The results of Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election are now final. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — comprising Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam — took less than two minutes to certify the results Thursday morning. Secretary of State Ken Detzner presided over the meeting in the state Capitol. Scott, Bondi, and Putnam participated by telephone. Scott was spending the morning clearing debris Hurricane Hermine left in Tallahassee’s streets. If the process seemed perfunctory,…

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Ken Detzner reports more than 1.75M Floridians voted early in primary

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Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner says that there have been no reported voting irregularities in the first few hours of voting in Tuesday’s primary election. One noteworthy issue, he said, was that a polling place in Miami Beach was moved from the Botanical Gardens location to City Hall a block away due to mosquito spraying. There were also a few delays in opening polling stations in Lee and Flagler counties. Detzner reported that more than 1.7 million Floridians had cast a ballot before…

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Ken Detzner reminds Floridians to register to vote

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Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Friday reminded Floridians that the deadline to register for the Aug. 30 primary election is Monday. “The Aug. 1 deadline to register to vote or update your party affiliation for the Primary Election is only a few days away,” Detzner said in a statement. “Voters who are unsure of their registration status can use the Division of Elections Voter Information Lookup Tool, contact their local Supervisor of Elections office or contact the Division’s main…

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Corrine Brown, fired up and ready to go — to lunch

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With the oldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind her, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown held a master class in political theater at a Tallahassee buffet restaurant Friday. It came after a court hearing on her legal challenge of the state’s new congressional district map. In the morning, a panel of federal judges heard arguments — but did not immediately rule — on her request for a preliminary injunction to freeze in place the old map until a final…

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