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Researchers find Florida's election law disproportionately hurt minority voters listen
01/17/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: elections, voting, League of Women Voters, Deirdre Macnab, early voting, University of Florida
An elections law passed by the Florida Legislature and signed by Governor Rick Scott two years ago disproportionately reduced the opportunity of African American voters to have their voices heard in the November 2012 election.
That’s one of the findings by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Florida outlined in their report called “[Florida’s 2012 General Election Under HB 1355: Early Voting, Provisional Ballots, and Absentee Ballots.](http://library.constantcontact.c...
Be the first to commentLeague of Women Voters of Florida suggests elections law changes listen
01/14/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: elections, voting, League of Women Voters, Deirdre Macnab, early voting
In a letter sent Friday to Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the League of Women Voters of Florida laid out suggestions for improving the state’s elections. We spoke with their president, Deirdre Macnab.
Meanwhile, Florida elections supervisors want lawmakers to be less wordy when they put proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. They also want greater flexibility in setting e...
1 commentsCharlie Crist joins Democrats to suggest changes to Florida voting bill listen
11/14/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2012 election, Charlie Crist, Darryl Rouson, voting, early voting, election reform
Election Day was last Tuesday, but because of long lines the last voter in Miami didn’t turn their ballot in until Wednesday. At a press conference in downtown Tampa this morning Former Governor Charlie Crist said he saw the headline-making lines in South Florida first hand and something needs to be done about it.
Be the first to comment“What I saw in Miami Gardens during early voting and Miami-Dade County and also in Aventura, were lines where people were waiting four, five, six hours and it’s just unconsciona...
Four presidential candidates will debate Tuesday night
10/23/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2012 election, voting, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Justice Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson, Al Jazeera, debate
All other presidential candidates besides Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were excluded from Monday's debate. But on their website, Democracy Now! gave three other presidential candidates a chance to respond to the same questions. The Green Party’s Jill Stein and the Justice Party’s Rocky Anderson participated, but Libertarian Gary Johnson declined Democracy Now!...
Be the first to commentIs the right to vote a human right? listen
10/17/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: voting, 2012 election, voter ID, election law, University of Tampa, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to vote is a human right; but many people in the United States are denied the right to vote for a range of reasons.
Tonight at the University of Tampa a panel will discuss the human right to vote in the context of what some are calling voter suppression laws around the country.
One panelist, Jamil Dakwar, is director of the ACLU’s Human Right’s Program in New York.
Be the first to comment"Well, voting rights have been recognized for years...
Obama camp pushing voting early in Florida even before early voting starts listen
10/10/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2012 election, Barack Obama, Obama for America, Democrats, voting, early voting, vote by mail, absentee ballot
Obama for America organizers across the state are asking supporters to cast their mail in ballots in person at local Supervisors of Elections offices. It’s the first time a statewide group has used in-person absentee ballots to entice people to vote. Meeting with Obama supporters at the elections office in downtown St. Pete Wednesday morning, Democratic Florida Representative Rick Kriseman said it’s a response the a new voting law that reduces the number of early voting days.
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Tampa voter given provisional ballot because she didn't bring photo ID listen
08/14/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: voting, 2012 election, voter ID, election law, Tampa
Florida voters need to bring picture identification to the polls. One voter learned that the hard way Tuesday morning at a precinct in east Tampa. Inside the Cathedral of Faith Church on North 30th Street, Elaine – she did not want to give her last name – was surprised to learn she could not vote on a regular ballot because she didn’t bring picture ID.
Elaine was given a provisional ballot instead. They are evaluated separately from other ballots and counted if the canvassing board determi...
Be the first to commentVoting Rights Groups Challenge Purge of Florida Voting Rolls
05/25/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: non-Citizens, voting, Florida, purge, Robert Brandon, Fair Elections Legal Network, Ken Detzner
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today- some voting rights groups are challenging the purge of alleged non-citizens from Florida's voting rolls. We'll talk about that in a moment. First one listener comment about yesterday's discussion about the increased militarization leading up to the GOP Convention in Tampa.
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Yesterday civil and voting rights organizations Project Vote, Fair Elections Legal Network, Advancement Project, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, LULAC...
Be the first to commentElected official speaks out against Florida election law ahead of Senate hearing in Tampa listen
01/26/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Voting, voter's rights, voter suppression, kathy castor, Charlie Miranda, Tom Scott, USF, Dick Durbin
Several elected officials are concerned that Florida’s new voting law will make it harder for students and minorities to cast their votes. In preparation of a hearing to evaluate the law, U.S. member of Congress Kathy Castor spoke out against the law Thursday.
Last year, Governor Rick Scott signed a law he said would cut down on voter fraud. Among other things, it reduces the number of early voting days. At the West Tampa...
Be the first to commentWho makes up the Florida electorate? And the President's State of the Union message
01/25/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Susan Macmanus, USF, voting, demographics, I-4 corridor, 2012 Election, Florida primary election
Coming up we'll hear from Dr. Susan MacManus who teaches political science at USF in Tampa. With the GOP primary next week she'll talk about the Florida electorate. What group's are growing in size? Which geographic area will most decide the winner in Florida? What is our religious and age break down? Who are the people who are supervoters? We'll talk about all of these questions. Then we'll hear a portion of the President's State of the Union speech from last night and then take your phone c...
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