Elections

Florida Senate Republicans are revamping a controversial elections bill, including scaling back proposed changes to mail-in voting.

The Democratic state senator has launched a campaign to increase the number of Black and brown voters in Florida who use vote-by mail.

A small, historically Black city an hour east of Tallahassee is in the crosshairs of a controversial redistricting plan by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The plan would radically redraw the state’s 5th congressional district and could cost the Black Democrat who represents it his seat in Congress.

There's an old saying in Florida's Capitol that "once a senator, always a senator."But when it comes to changing some Republican votes, one former Republican senator is finding that no longer seems to be the case—at least, when it comes to election law.

Legislation further tightening Florida’s voting laws made it through its first committee stop this week. It includes one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priorities: the inclusion of a 15-person group of investigators to examine possible voting crimes.

Proposed legislation could make it harder for some outside groups to obtain certain voter application information.

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to ask lawmakers for more “election integrity reforms” during next year’s legislative session, as he has resisted pressure from within the Republican Party to audit the 2020 elections.

Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate would give voters a say in whether to turn school board elections into partisan contests.

Civil rights lawyer Cecile Scoon has been elected to lead the League of Women Voters of Florida. She’s served as the Vice President since 2018.

Panama City Pastor Jesse Nelson will become Lynn Haven's first mayor since former Mayor Margo Anderson's arrest and subsequent resignation nearly a year ago.