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02/19/2024

Florida’s election laws are very specific, and can make a difference in whether someone can easily vote in the March 19 Republican presidential preference primary and nonpartisan local elections — or inadvertently miss their opportunity.
A person who makes what seems like a simple mistake or omission may be unable to vote or have the vote counted.
Tuesday (2/20) is the deadline to register for the March primary and local elections.

Florida’s election laws are very specific, and can make a difference in whether someone can easily vote in the March 19 Republican presidential preference primary and nonpartisan local elections — …

02/14/2024

With U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel a “no,” and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast a “yes,” they were on opposite sides on the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
But the South Florida representatives were in the same predicament. They missed the vote because of an eight-hour flight delay at Palm Beach International Airport.

Lois Frankel and Brian Mast were on opposite sides of the question on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. But they were stuck, for hours at Palm Beach International A…

02/13/2024

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Orlando, said “hypocrisy” would be on display by people who proclaim their sorrow on the anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre “but don’t have the guts to do anything about the problem.”
In the immediate aftermath of the the Feb. 14, 2018, killing of 17 people and wounding of 17 others at the Parkland school, Florida Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass gun and school safety legislation that included some restrictions on guns.
Six years later, partisans are divided — and politics deeply entwined in discussions of the shooting and of gun violence in general.

In the immediate aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, Florida Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass gun and school safety legislation that included some restr…

02/13/2024

Robert Weinroth was a Democratic county commissioner until a Republican defeated him in 2022. Now, he’s repudiated his old party, registered as a Republican, and is running for Congress “to stop the radical Democrats.”
Weinroth isn’t alone. Six Republicans say they’re running for their party’s nomination to take on first-term U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz. And the roster is in flux. In recent days, one more candidate entered the race and one dropped out.
Three — Steven Chess, Joe Kaufman and Carla Spalding — have experience in congressional races. Among them, they’ve run — and lost — nine campaigns for Congress.

Robert Weinroth was a Democratic county commissioner until a Republican defeated him in 2022. Now, he’s repudiated his old party, registered as a Republican, and is running for Congress “to stop th…

02/08/2024

DeSanctimonious? Birdbrain? Voters, including Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump, say they don’t like the practice of candidates applying nicknames to their political opponents.
More than three-quarters of voters surveyed in a nationwide Florida Atlantic University said it’s unacceptable to call competing candidates nicknames.
But that doesn't necessarily impact their voting preferences.

Voters, including Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump, don’t like the practice of candidates applying nicknames to their political opponents. More than three-quarters of voters s…

02/07/2024

Most know who they'll vote for, but a third of U.S. voters in a Florida Atlantic University poll don’t accept the notion that the election in November will actually come down to a choice between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

One-third of U.S. voters in a Florida Atlantic University poll don’t accept the notion that the election in November will actually come down to a choice between President Joe Biden and former Presi…

02/03/2024

“Here in Florida,” President Joe Biden declared, “we have to organize, mobilize, and vote. And if we do, we will win in Florida.”
Is there a realistic scenario in which that’s possible, or is it performative? To many Democrats, Republicans and non-partisan analysts, the notion that November could bring major Democratic successes in Florida is highly unlikely: “Sounds like something out of Alice in Wonderland."

“We have to organize, mobilize, and vote. And if we do, we will win in Florida,” President Joe Biden told Florida campaign donors. Is there a scenario in which it’s likely Democra…

02/02/2024

A few hours after asking the candidate/non candidate/maybe candidate about website, it started showing a 404 error message.

There was a robust “Heather Moraitis for Broward County School Board Because Experience Matters” website, but there’s a catch: The former Fort Lauderdale city commissioner hasn’t hasn& #…

01/30/2024

“I think we can win Florida,” President Joe Biden declares during visit to former President Donald Trump’s South Florida backyard.

President Joe Biden is spending part of Tuesday in South Florida. He’s in former President Donald Trump’s backyard for the thing that frequently brings presidential candidates, and presidents…

01/28/2024

One was a heavy spender. Two put six-figure amounts of their own money into their political campaigns. Two had gangbuster financial starts. One received multiple checks from family members.
After a preseason devoted largely to raising money, Barbara Sharief, Rodney Jacobs Jr. and Chad Klitzman — competitors in what will be a fiercely fought contest for an open state Senate seat in Broward County — began the election year in various stages of financial readiness with much, much more campaign fundraising and spending yet to come.
The total so far, for the August primary: more than $500,000.

Months before a primary for an open Florida Senate seat in Broward County, competitors Barbara Sharief, Rodney Jacobs Jr. and Chad Klitzman have taken in more than $500,00 for their campaigns — wit…

01/24/2024

Young Florida Democrats hope they’ve discovered a way to help reverse their party’s fortunes and win more elections in Florida: themselves.
They’ve formed a new political action committee Florida Future Leaders, a vehicle they intend to use to raise money to fund efforts to register and mobilize younger voters.
It's no secret, said Jayden D’Onofrio, chair of Florida Future Leaders, “that in the past few election cycles, we’ve had a problem with turning out youth in the state of Florida.”

Young Florida Democrats hope they’ve discovered a way to help reverse their party’s fortunes and win more elections in Florida: themselves. They’ve formed a new political action committee Florida F…

01/23/2024

Pete Buttigieg declines to directly address why he thinks Ron DeSantis presidential campaign failed.
Still, he said, “regardless of what party you’re in, I just think there’s more people interested in building bridges than banning books.”
And the transportation secretary talks about the South Florida bridge-tunnel train dispute in Fort Lauderdale and Spirit Airlines.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg declined to take sides on the dispute that has deeply divided local elected officials. “It’s not easy, but everything goes better when we have all of th…

01/19/2024

The Palm Beach County Republican Party rebuked its leader, voting “no confidence” in Kevin Neal just seven months after he was elected county party chair.
The vote, among Republican committeemen and committeewomen, 82-63.

The Palm Beach County Republican Party rebuked its leader, voting “no confidence” in Kevin Neal just seven months after he was elected county party chair.

01/18/2024

A deep fissure within the Palm Beach County Republican Party is leading to questions about its ability to mobilize voters and help its candidates in the 2024 elections, two years after it won several midterm victories.
Critics of the county Republican chair, elected just seven months ago, are seeking a vote of no confidence.

A deep fissure within the Palm Beach County Republican Party is leading to questions about its ability to mobilize voters and help its candidates in the 2024 elections, two years after it won sever…

01/16/2024

U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Mario Diaz-Balart condemned the brutal sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists when they attacked Israel, and said the world must do more than ignore the atrocities and turn the other way.
Frankel, a Palm Beach County Democrat, and Diaz-Balart, a Miami-Dade County Republican, are leading a congressional resolution aimed at drawing attention to, and forcefully condemning, the sexual violence.

U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Mario Diaz-Balart condemned the brutal sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists when they attacked Israel, and said the world must do more than ignore the atrocitie…

01/16/2024

The big decrease in active registered voters in Florida has generated questions, concerns — and even a conspiracy theory at the beginning of what already promises to be an enormously contentious election year in which people will decide on the presidency and, possibly, referendums on highly charged questions of recreational ma*****na and abortion rights.

The big decrease in active registered voters in Florida has generated questions, concerns — and even a conspiracy theory at the beginning of what already promises to be an enormously contentious el…

01/10/2024

Why are younger people are less supportive of Israel in war with Hamas than overall U.S. population?
Look at where so many get their news, Wasserman Schultz says. “Quite frankly, TikTok."
"If you look at TikTok, which is a horrific actor when it comes to the social media platforms, the access to hate and disinformation and misinformation that goes unchecked on TikTok, and other platforms as well” it shows “the social media companies are not acting responsibly, particularly TikTok, in sifting through and having enough moderators that they employ to take down and to flag disputed information.”

Just back from a four-nation trip to the Middle East as part of a bipartisan delegation pressing Qatar to do more to entice Hamas to release hostages it seized on Oct. 7, Congresswoman Debbie Wasse…

01/09/2024

“No one is safe with the continuation of Hamas as a terrorist entity,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. “They need to be eradicated. Their leadership needs to be eliminated and the threat that Hamas poses to Jews, and to anyone who stands in their way needs to be eliminated.”

Just back from a four-nation trip to the Middle East as part of a bipartisan delegation pressing Qatar to do more to entice Hamas to release hostages it seized on Oct. 7, Congresswoman Debbie Wasse…

01/08/2024

A state senator who is one of the Republican Party’s leaders on voting issues has introduced legislation that would all-but-eliminate mail voting in Florida, affecting millions of people who’ve come to prefer filling out their ballots at home rather than lining up at polling stations.
Mail voting has exploded in popularity in the two decades since Florida jettisoned the old absentee ballot system and implemented no-excuses mail voting in the aftermath of the contentious 2000 presidential election.
For most of that time, voting by mail was a potent advantage for Florida Republicans, who used it much more than Democrats.

A state senator who is one of the Republican Party’s leaders on voting issues has introduced legislation that would all-but-eliminate mail voting in Florida, affecting millions of people who’ve com…

01/06/2024

Evan Power, the Florida Republican Party's vice chair, and Peter Feaman, the state's Republican national committeeman, are running for state party chair.
Ouster of the current chair, Christian Ziegler, is all but guaranteed.

With the ouster of Florida Republican Chairman Christian Ziegler all but guaranteed, Evan Power of Tallahassee and Peter Feaman of Boynton Beach are running to replace him.

01/04/2024

Researchers report Floridians are paying lots of attention to AI.
They're split over he potential promise and pitfalls, and are concerned that AI could pose risk to human safety and threaten their jobs.

Everyone, it seems, has a theory about what artificial intelligence can do, should do, might do or shouldn’t do. Researchers report Floridians are paying lots of attention to AI. They’re spli…

01/03/2024

A lawsuit filed in Broward County Circuit Court argues former President Donald Trump is disqualified from another term as president because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and is seeking to have keep him off the Florida ballot in 2024.

A Broward gadfly with a knack for generating attention has jumped into the weighty constitutional question of whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from another term as president be…

01/03/2024

Union membership is much lower in Florida than nationally. But near the end of a year in which unions received lots of attention for high-profile strikes and settlements, polling showed a majority of Florida voters support labor unions. That's especially true for voters under age 35.

Union membership is much lower in Florida than nationally. But near the end of a year in which unions received lots of attention for high-profile strikes and settlements, polling showed a majority …

01/02/2024

Refusing cash payments could become illegal for most Florida businesses in 2024.
Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Miami-Dade County Democrat, and state Rep. Joel Rudman, a Panhandle Republican, would prevent establishments from insisting customers pay with debit or credit card or smartphone app.

Refusing cash payments could become illegal for most Florida businesses in 2024. Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Miami-Dade County Democrat, and state Rep. Joel Rudman, a Panha…

12/27/2023

The U.S. House Ethics Committee is forming an Investigative Subcommittee to determine if U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, violated any laws or rules.
Just what the subcommittee is looking at is unknown.

The U.S. House Ethics Committee is forming an Investigative Subcommittee to determine if U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, violated any laws or rules. Just…

12/27/2023

Over more than three decades, Jim Lewis has run for many local, county and state offices. For his 10th campaign, in 2024, he's running for mayor of Fort Lauderdale. "I know that’s a lot. And I’m conscious of that. Every time I’ve run, it’s to do the right thing. ... Sooner or later my number’s going to come up."

Jim Lewis is hoping the 10th time is the charm. Lewis, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, has run for local, county and state offices many, many times before. Next up, a run for mayor of Fort Lauderdale, as…

12/26/2023

Democrats want integrity. Republicans want leadership.
Almost no Florida voters, it seems, want a president with empathy.
That’s one of the notable findings in a Florida Atlantic University poll released last month that asked the state’s voters what personality trait they value the most in a presidential candidate.

Almost no Florida voters, it seems, want a president with empathy. A Florida Atlantic University poll asked the state’s voters what personality trait they value the most in a presidential candidate…

12/13/2023

Ron DeSantis' self description, as a cross-party consensus builder, isn't familiar to many who've followed his time as governor.
“(What) I’m not going to do is go out of my way to alienate people for no reason. If there’s a substantive disagreement, let the chips fall where they may,” he said on CNN. Achieving results “requires a leader that’s going to appeal to the better angels of our nature.”

Gregory Tony was one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ first appointments when he became governor, and ultimately one of his most controversial. Pressed to name one of his favorite Democrats in Florida, …

12/13/2023

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Gregory Tony as Broward Sheriff. He later distanced himself from Tony. Now the Republican governor describes Tony as a Democrat who's one of the "good ones" in Florida.

Gregory Tony was one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ first appointments when he became governor, and ultimately one of his most controversial. Pressed to name one of his favorite Democrats in Florida, …

12/04/2023

Legally, the participation of a transgender athlete on the girls’ volleyball team at Broward’s Monarch High seems clear cut: It’s against Florida law.
Transgender girls are not allowed to play on girls’ teams at public schools in Florida under a state law enacted in 2021, one of the earliest in a string of culture war issues embraced by Gov Ron DeSantis and legislative Republicans.
DeSantis’ state Department of Education has demanded “serious consequences” for those who allowed the transgender student to play girls’ volleyball.

Legally, the participation of a transgender athlete on the girls’ volleyball team at Monarch High school seems clear cut: it’s against Florida’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which ba…