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With new law, voting in Florida’s elections will start week of July 4!

Published on May 29, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Tucked into HB 131, the wide-ranging election reform legislation which, among other things, regulates online political advertising, as well as the electioneering activities of ‘527’s’, is a provision that moves up the date of when each county’s Supervisor of Elections is required to mail ballots to “early voters,” such as military and overseas voters. Currently, the law requires Supervisors of Elections to mail ballots no later than 35 days before an election. HB 131 changes that requirement to “no later than…

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With new law, voting in Florida’s elections will start week of July 4!

Published on May 2, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Tucked into HB 131 (which I track using LobbyTools), the wide-ranging election reform legislation which would, among other things, clarify political advertising on the internet and regulate the electioneering activities of ‘527’s’, is a provision which would move up the date of when each county’s Supervisor of Elections would be required to mail out ballots to “early voters”, such as military and overseas voters. Currently, the law requires Supervisors of Elections to mail ballots no later than 35 days before…

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With new law, voting in Florida’s elections will start week of July 4!

Published on May 2, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Tucked into HB 131 (which I track using LobbyTools), the wide-ranging election reform legislation which would, among other things, clarify political advertising on the Internet and regulate the electioneering activities of ‘527’s’, is a provision which would move up the date of when each county’s Supervisor of Elections would be required to mail out ballots to “early voters,” such as military and overseas voters. Currently, the law requires Supervisors of Elections to mail ballots no later than 35 days before…

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Will Van Sant reports the obvious

Published on February 15, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

The Times wonders why it is losing its readers. Maybe because some of its reporters are all but oblivious to the real dynamics influencing local politics. Will Van Sant wrote this atrocious piece, in which he reports what anyone who has voted in a local election has known for ten years: “More voters than ever are using mail ballots, forcing candidates in the upcoming March municipal elections to confront a new political dynamic. Candidates are adjusting by contacting voters earlier,…

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