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

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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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Scott Wagman’s illegal ads on Google prompt Wisconsin state government to draft guidelines for online political advertising

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From the AP: Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board this month ordered staff to draft guidelines outlining the circumstances under which the public needs to know who is paying for an online ad or Web site. Several political experts said Wisconsin appears to be one of the first states where regulators are drafting such guidelines, and they expect others to follow. Read the rest of this story from The Associated Press here.

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