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Elections

2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Oakland's signgate

Ramos accuses opponent’s “petty” supporters of trashing his political signs.

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2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Family, safety top concerns for voters at Ocoee District 4 candidates forum

Robertson landed jabs for Oliver's “abandoning” voters while the former commissioner pledged he was unequivocally committed to Ocoee. 

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BACKGROUND CHECK

D1 County Commissioner candidate Austin Arthur has felony arrest record

Arrests include vandalism, resisting an officer, battery on a uniformed security officer.

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Barred from ballot, former Ocoee Comm. Oliver sues City Clerk, Orange County Supervisor of Elections

Lawsuit alleges city commission deliberately sought to disqualify Oliver from March election and developed a new interpretation of city charter with “extra qualification requirements.”

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Unopposed, Sharman retains his District 4 seat; Maciel withdraws from District 3 race

Maciel's bowing out means that for the first time since Charlie Mae Wilder represented the district in 2007, a Black woman will sit on Winter Garden's commission — no matter who wins.

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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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