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Donald Trump and new team have little time to execute new strategy

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Donald Trump is on the clock. He has about 80 days to reset and rally a presidential campaign that’s done little but stagger since the close of the Republican convention. The GOP nominee’s allies say the celebrity businessman and his new leadership team are “laser-focused” and ready to direct the billionaire’s venom against Democratic Hillary Clinton. “This has been one of the best weeks the campaign has had,” said Sean Spicer, chief strategist at the Republican National Committee. For much…

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Early voting in Pinellas is brisk

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It’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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Monday is deadline to register to vote in Florida primary

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Monday is the last day to register to vote before Florida’s Aug. 30 primary election. Floridians who want to switch their party affiliation for the primary also must act by the deadline. There are contested primary races for the U.S. Senate on both the Republican and Democratic sides. There are also several contentious races for Congress and the Florida Legislature that will be decided in the primary. Voters who are registered as independents must change their party affiliation in order…

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He’s up for the final roster slot, but does Evan Longoria fit in with AL All-Stars?

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He could pose in the team picture without blushing. Evan Longoria would fit in just fine, of course. He has a .278 average and 18 homers and 45 RBI. He has made three other all-star games. People would look at the other stars, and then at him, and no one would blink. But does Longoria deserve to be an all-star. He is not one yet. The Rays’ third baseman is one of five players trying to win the final spot…

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Darryl Paulson: It’s time to let more felons vote in Florida

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Few things divide voters more than giving criminals the right to vote, even if they are former criminals. The issue will likely receive additional attention with the decision by Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to use his executive power to extend voting rights to all 206,000 felons in his state. Even murderers, rapists and other violent felons will have their voting rights restored. Critics raise several objections. First, they say the governor, acting alone, does not have the authority to…

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Slow, steady voting reported throughout Central Florida

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Voters are hardly flocking to polls but supervisors of elections throughout Central Florida are saying the presidential primary flows have been steady and headed toward turnouts in the 40-50 percent range of eligible voters. There have been no serious lines and just a few technical glitches in Seminole and Orange counties, all minor and taken care of in short order, and no problems reported in Osceola or Lake counties, the supervisors reported. Perhaps more so than in any previous election,…

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Here’s everything you need to know about voting in Pinellas County

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The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections released a 2016 Presidential Preference Primary fact sheet containing all necessary information for the March 15th election. There are nearly 50,000 voters who won’t be able to cast a ballot for a presidential candidate. That’s how many voters are registered with no party affiliation of another third party. Those individuals can still vote in municipal elections if they are registered in one of the 11 municipalities with candidates on the ballot this year. Those…

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