Elections

More than three-dozen Florida lawmakers, including incoming Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, appeared headed back to Tallahassee without opposition as a deadline passed Friday for qualifying for the November elections.

A federal judge has rejected an attempt by Florida lawmakers to limit contributions to political committees supporting ballot initiatives, saying it violates the First Amendment.

Congressman Al Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat whose district was overhauled as part of the once-a-decade reapportionment process, helped launch this year’s candidate qualifying period Monday by filing paperwork to challenge Panhandle Republican incumbent Neal Dunn.

Corey Simon, who currently heads Volunteer Florida, is a former Florida State University football player. He has filed to run as a Republican in state Senate District Three.

Three major Democrats are seeking their party's nomination for governor and a chance to take on Republican Ron DeSantis in November. Now, they're arguing over how often to debate each other.

Wesley Wilcox, of Marion County, is a Republican and president of the Florida Supervisors of Elections. He appeared Thursday before the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Florida elections officials are trying to counter trust issues with a voter education campaign called #TrustedInfo2022.

One of the largest gatherings of election officials in Florida history recently took outside Orlando. It happened right as voting experts got the surprising news that a federal judge had struck down major portions of an election law approved a year ago.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that parts of a 2021 state elections law were intended to discriminate against Black Floridians. The judge also made the rare move of putting Florida under a process known as “preclearance,” meaning that he will have to approve any changes to certain provisions to the state’s elections laws.

Florida House and Senate Republicans could be ready to pass an elections plan that includes creating a new state office to investigate voting irregularities, boosting penalties for wrongdoing, and looking at changes in the vote-by-mail system.