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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Ocoee bars former commissioner from 2024 special election for D4 seat

The decision hinged on the legal definition of “successor” as officials and residents debated whether a commissioner could “succeed” himself into a position he vacated.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Ocoee's Hart won’t run in ’24, will run in ’25

"I don’t have the time to get into it the way I want to."

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2024 Election

Why registering voters for 2024 elections just got harder

“It’s nearly impossible for organizations like mine to conduct paper registration collection without the fear of being fined at a rate that could ultimately bankrupt us.”

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson wins re-election with more than 60 percent of the vote

Ocoee sticks with tried and true as Commissioner Richard Firstner also retains District 3 seat. Scott Kennedy wins in District 1.

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2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Got Voter ID?

Having trouble locating the required documents for a Florida ID? VoterRiders can help with that.

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VOTER SUPPRESSION

Study: Most Florida vote-by-mail ballots flagged for problems in November election cast by young, first-time and minority voters

Nearly three-quarters of Floridians whose mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 general election were initially flagged for some problem — such as mismatched or missing signatures — were able to correct or “cure” their ballots in time so they could be counted, a new study found. However, it also found that the majority of vote-by-mail ballots flagged for rejection were cast by younger, Black, Hispanic and first-time voters.

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