The seven candidates for Tampa Mayor whose names will be on the ballot spoke Friday at Tampa Tiger Bay Club. They are: former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik, City Council member Mike Suarez, David Straz, Topher Morrison, Dick Greco, Jr., City Council member Harry Cohen and former Police Chief Jane Castor. There’s also a write-in… Read more »
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Florida ballot not counted due to signature mismatch? Here’s how to “cure” it
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker gave thousands of Florida voters until this weekend to fix their ballots if they haven’t been counted because of mismatched signatures; to find out how that works, WMNF News interviewed Brian Corley, the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections about what you should do if you think your ballot was… Read more »
Fair elections lawyer questions Florida recount on signature matches and late mail ballots
Last week Bill Nelson sued the Florida Secretary of State to demand that the Florida recount tally all ballots that were disqualified because it was determined that they had a signature mismatch; and this week, Nelson sued the state to count vote-by-mail ballots that were postmarked before but not delivered before polls closed on Election Day. To… Read more »
Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections: We’ll finish machine recount by deadline
All 67 counties in Florida are in the midst of mandatory machine recounts of all ballots in order to get more accurate counts of three very close statewide races; in the race for U.S. Senate, Rick Scott leads Bill Nelson by 0.15%, in the race for governor, Ron DeSantis leads Andrew Gillum by 0.41% and… Read more »
Speaking to Election Day voters in Florida
Florida should know the results of highly anticipated races for Governor and U.S. Senator by the evening of Election Day; Republican Gubernatorial candidate, former Congress member Ron DeSantis, and his wife voted early Tuesday morning in North Florida. A small crowd of supporters chanted, “We want Ron!” Meanwhile, in Tallahassee, his Democratic opponent, Mayor Andrew… Read more »
Kristen Carlson faces Ross Spano in Florida Congressional District 15
There’s a surprisingly tight race in Florida’s 15th Congressional District between Republican Ross Spano and Democrat Kristen Carlson; we interviewed Carlson on WMNF’s MidPoint — The p.r. firm handling media requests for the campaign of Ross Spano wrote, “Unfortunately, Ross is booked during those times on Monday and we won’t be able to accommodate your request.” The… Read more »
On WMNF’s MidPoint Monday: Congressional District 15 race
Tune in to WMNF’s MidPoint on Monday — the day before Election Day — to hear about a very tight race in Florida’s 15th Congressional District between Republican Ross Spano and Democrat Kristen Carlson. Three write-in candidates are also running, though their names will not be on the ballot: Alek Bynzar, Dave Johnson and Jeffery Rabinowitz. We’ll… Read more »
Rick Scott: “I work, [Bill Nelson] doesn’t”
Florida Governor Rick Scott is running for the U.S. Senate against Senator Bill Nelson and five write-in candidates; Scott held a get-out-the vote rally Thursday afternoon in Tampa for about 80 supporters and staff. Afterward, Scott was asked by a reporter whether he agrees with President Donald Trump sending up to 15,000 military troops to… Read more »
Listeners respond to debate between Gus Bilirakis and Chris Hunter
Election Day is next week and early in-person voting is in full swing; on MidPoint we heard a recent debate in a Congressional race for a seat that includes parts of Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. Republican Congress member Gus Bilirakis recently debated his Democratic challenger, Chris Hunter. Also on the ballot is Angelika Purkis, who… Read more »
After printer problem is fixed, Manatee County early voting kicks off
Wednesday was the first day of in-person early voting in Manatee County; but at least one resident left without voting at one site because of delays caused by early morning printer problems. A Bradenton resident phoned WMNF to say he left the public utilities site after at least ten minutes of waiting for staff to… Read more »
Andrew Gillum answers questions at St. Pete College
Andrew Gillum answered questions from audience members Friday afternoon in a standing-room-only 300-seat theater at St. Petersburg College; he made the connection between the strength of deadly Hurricane Michael and human-caused climate change. Listen: Gillum’s main opponent in the election for Florida governor is Republican Ron DeSantis. Gillum made predictions about how their CNN debate in… Read more »
Florida Proposed Amendments Update
Thinking about voting by mail? The deadline to request a ballot is 5pm 10/31/18, yes Halloween. SCARY. There are links to the local Supervisor of Elections’ offices at the bottom of this post. Does it matter if an amendment even passes? (more on that later) Amendments need 60% or more voter approval to pass. Overseas ballots started… Read more »
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Puzzling Electoral Behavior, Explained on Life Elsewhere
In The Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America, Ben Bradlee Jr. reports on how voters in Luzerne County, a pivotal county in a crucial swing state, came to feel like strangers in their own land – marginalized by flat or falling wages, rapid demographic change, and a liberal culture… Read more »
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The Man With A Very, Very Big Brain
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein Trump On The Couch, the new book by Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dr Justin Frank is a deep dive into the mental and emotional state of Donald Trump. No President in the history of the United States has… Read more »
