Elections

With the pandemic motivating people to keep away from polling places and continue voting by mail, we look how to make sure your vote counts in November.

A state appeals court has cleared the way for a cost estimate to be placed on the November ballot about a controversial constitutional amendment that would revamp Florida’s primary-election system.

More than 4 million adults will receive postcards directing them to the state’s online voter registration portal. Secretary of State Laurel Lee is overseeing the effort, which relies on data from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Tuesday’s low-key voting took place as a record number of Floridians opted to cast their ballots by mail, after elections officials encouraged voters to take advantage of the state’s no-excuse vote-by-mail system to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Long days are ahead for the three people who make up Leon County’s canvassing board. These are the people who review vote-by-mail ballots that may not be valid.

With millions of Floridians seeking to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, postal officials have warned Secretary of State Laurel Lee that the state is at risk of having ballots go uncounted in the November presidential election.

Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley has won his re-election. At the close of candidate qualifying on Friday no one had chosen to run for the position. He says not having to campaign helps given the timing.

It's that time again. Monday kicked off the week-long candidate qualifying period for candidates for the Florida Legislature. Steve Bousquet reports there were more signs that this will be a campaign like no other in Florida history.

Leon County election supervisor Mark Earley says more candidates took advantage of pre-qualifying this year.

Democrats in Florida are calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to accept funds from the federal government earmarked for safe and sanitary election costs. Florida is one of six states that hasn’t requested the election safety funds made available through the CARES Act.