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Florida voters sounding off about election problems

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A coalition of groups monitoring voting across the country says it’s getting more calls from voters in Florida than any other state. Members of the Election Protection Coalition said Thursday they’ve received more than 1,700 calls to their election hotline since Florida kicked off early voting late last month. Nearly 5 million voters have already voted. Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, says the majority of Florida calls have been from voters asking about…

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More than 300,000 Pinellas voters have requested mail ballots

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For the second time, requests for mail-in ballots have exceeded the 300,000 mark in Pinellas County, according to Deborah Clark, supervisor of elections. The 300,593 ballots requested as of 9 p.m. Friday does not set a record. The record of 308,842 was sent in 2012 during the last presidential election. But the number is close to half Pinellasā€™ 649,200 registered voters. ā€œPinellas County voters continue to embrace the convenience of mail ballots, with nearly 50 percent of our registered voters…

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One day left to register to vote for general election

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With one day still left to register for the Nov. 8 election, mail ballots have started returning to the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Office. As of Monday morning, 6,187 mail ballots had been returned. Of those, 2,522 were from Democratic voters and 2,418 were from Republicans. The remaining 1,247 were from voters with no party affiliation or who are registered to a third party. Thus far, Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark has sent out a total of 273,398 mail-in ballots.…

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Deborah Clark sends out record 262K mail ballots to Pinellas voters

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The Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Office sent out 262,142 mail ballots Tuesday to voters for the Nov. 8 General Election. Thatā€™s a new record for Deborah Clarkā€™s office as the largest-ever bulk mailing of mail ballots. Thus far, Clark has sent a total of 266,176 ballots for the General Election. That includes Tuesdayā€™s mailing and a mailing last month of 3,448 ballots to military and overseas voters. That total accounts for about 42 percent of Pinellasā€™ 637,021 registered voters. Of…

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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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As the deadline to register to vote looms, millions of Floridians begin casting ballots

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There may be a month until Floridaā€™s presidential preference primary, but thousands of Sunshine State voters are already casting their ballots. Elections offices across the state have sent about 1.8 million absentee, or vote by mail, ballots this election cycle. About 47 percent of those ballots went to registered Republicans; while 40 percent were sent to registered Democrats. The remainder of those ballots were sent to voters who werenā€™t registered with a major party. ā€œThere is a definitive buzz,ā€ said…

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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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