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Tampa activists start local Move to Amend chapter listen
09/16/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Move To Amend, MoveOn, campaign finance reform, Campaign finance, elections, election, Election spending, Election Reform, FCC, Citizen's United v FEC
Corporate influence on politics has many folks so mad that they want to fight a Supreme Court decision by seeking to amend the US Constitution. Last night a rag tag group of activists from several different bay area communities formed a Tampa chapter of Move to Amend, a group that opposes the ruling in FEC vs. Citizens United. They seek to establish that money is not speech, and that corporations are not peopl...
Be the first to commentGOP presidential candidates debate in Tampa listen
09/13/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cnn, CNN/Tea Party debate, tea party, debate, GOP, Republican Party, Republican debate, Republicans, elections, 2012 Election, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul
Last night in at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, eight Republican presidential candidates participated in the first CNN-Tea Party debate. More than 100 tea party groups attended. Candidates were fired up and ready to answer questions from the Tea Party, while seeking their support on their path to the White House.
For many conservat...
Be the first to commentTampa and Largo voters fed up at state redistricting hearings listen
08/30/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: redistricting, elections, public hearings, don gaetz, Will Weatherford
Hundreds of people turned out for two hearings held locally on the topic of redistricting. Many in the audience were angry as they confronted a panel of about 40 state legislators in Tampa Monday night. And on Tuesday in Largo was another hearing which gave Floridians a chance to speak out about upcoming changes in voting district lines. While politicians came out to hear fresh ideas, they mostly got a hearty helping of voter anger. In Tampa, Boris Vateri said Democratic member of Congress Ka...
Be the first to commentCity Council candidates hoping to represent west St. Pete answer questions from residents listen
08/17/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Kersteen, Charlie Gerdes, Joshua Shulman, St. Petersburg City Council, St. Petersburg, elections
The three candidates for the district one seat in St. Petersburg city council participated in a forum last night hosted by the League of Women Voters.
With the added shelter space provided by the Pinellas Safe Harbor facility that opened in January, people taking to the streets to sleep now have the option to go to a shelter, or get arrested. It’s a topic that will weigh heavily on the mix of opinions at the polls. That makes it a topic three city council candidates will certainly talk...
Be the first to commentKurt Browning: US DOJ approves Florida elections law
08/09/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2011 legislative session, elections
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved all 76 provisions of Florida’s controversial new election law. That’s according to a statement today from Florida’s Secretary of State Kurt Browning. Browning said this means those provisions now go into effect in the five counties, including Hillsborough that require pre-clearance of changes to voting laws by the federal government to ensure they don’t discrim...
Be the first to commentJesse Jackson urges East Tampa residents to fight Florida's controversial elections laws listen
07/27/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Rainbow-PUSH coalition, elections, Voting rights, state legislature, Arthenia Joyner, Alex Sink, ACLU
Many Floridians are up in arms about changes to state election laws. Critics say the new laws aim to restrict turnout among those who tend to vote Democratic, especially low-income minorities. Yesterday one of the most well-known civil rights champions was in East Tampa urging residents to fight the new laws with all their might.
As fellow civil rights activists urged the crowd to do battle against changes to the way Florida votes, the Reverend Jesse Jackson sat on stage in a throne-like c...
Be the first to commentYoung Dems to seek third-party voter registration status listen
07/18/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough Young Democrats, elections, League of Women Voters of Hillsborough County, Voting, 2011 legislative session, Democratic Party
Tuesday in Downtown Tampa, the Hillsborough Young Democrats plans to file to become a third party voter registration group. WMNF’s Kate Bradshaw spoke to Hillsborough Young Democrats spokesperson Michael Long about the group’s efforts, which they’re launching despite a new state law that makes it more likely to be fined by registering voters.
The press conference will take place at noon in front of the County Office Building at 601 East Kennedy Boulevard in Dow...
3 commentsControversial elections law not yet valid in Hillsborough, four other counties listen
05/20/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Early voting, elections, Hillsborough County, voting rights act, Rick Scott, ACLU, 2011 Legislative session, voting
Governor Rick Scott has set off another firestorm of criticism when he signed a law yesterday that overhauls elections in Florida. The law goes into effect immediately, except in Hillsborough and four other counties in the state.
Hillsborough County was once found to have polling practices deemed racially discriminatory under Section 5 of the [Voting Rights Act of 1965](http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_...
Be the first to commentFlorida ACLU reacts to controversial elections bill passed by the Legislature
05/19/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Danielle Prendergast, Florida ACLU, ACLU, elections, 2011 legislative session
Danielle Prendergast from the ACLU of Florida speaks about the controversial elections reform passed by the Florida Legislature.
Be the first to commentBipartisanship on both sides of Florida's redistricting process listen
05/18/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Fair districts, voting rights, elections, Florida politics, ACLU, Darryl Rouson, Dan Gelber, redistricting, gerrymandering
Progressives may not be happy with many of the outcomes of the 2010 midterm elections, but many see the two Fair Districts amendments voters adopted as a victory. But Not everyone is happy that they passed, and there’s even a bipartisan effort to challenge the law, which changes the way legislative districts are drawn.
Some say Florida voters overwhelmingly elected Republicans to the state legislature because the GOP’s election year strategy brought...
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