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Sarasota NAACP president: Voting glitch a concern as election day approaches

By | 10.26.10 | 5:09 pm

Questions about the voting machine glitch that struck an early vote location in Sarasota’s largely African-American community of Newtown Sunday evening continue to linger. The malfunction occurred shortly after a nearby rally, which featured U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek,…

Polls show Florida Senate race tightening

By | 10.25.10 | 12:00 pm

As election day gets closer the race for U.S. Senate between Democrat Kendrick Meek, independent Charlie Crist and Republican Marco Rubio gets tighter.
The Miami Herald‘s Naked Politics reports:

Sarasota Democratic chair calls early vote glitch ‘voter suppression’

By | 10.25.10 | 10:54 am

Just received more details on yesterday’s early voting glitch in Sarasota. Rita Ferrandino, chair of the Sarasota County Democratic Party, says the rally held in Sarasota’s largely African-American community of Newtown was not specifically a Kendrick Meek event, but…

Machine glitch delays early voting after Meek rally

By | 10.25.10 | 9:09 am

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent says a mechanical glitch delayed attendees of a Kendrick Meek rally hoping to cast early votes yesterday.

Meek on Rubio and Crist: ‘We are dealing with spiritual wickedness in high places’

By | 10.22.10 | 8:07 am

Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, is not mincing words when discussing his opponents in the highly publicized race for U.S. Senate.
During a Thursday night conference call, which included several African-American political figures including Meek’s mother, Meek was short and…

Bondi de-emphasizing her work for Fox News in general election run

By | 10.22.10 | 7:40 am

In her upset victory in the Republican primary for attorney general, Pam Bondi leaned on her exposure as a Fox News legal analyst and the star power of a Sarah Palin endorsement.

Now the question is whether her continued exposure on Fox and an endorsement from Palin can carry Bondi in the general election.

Meek urges UF students to get out the vote

By | 10.21.10 | 2:57 pm

After recent visits to the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida, Kendrick Meek stopped by the University of Florida Thursday to rally students, a part of the Democratic base whose enthusiasm may be flagging in…

Bill Clinton to stump for Meek over next two days

By | 10.18.10 | 11:07 am

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Kendrick Meek is calling on the star power of former President Bill Clinton this week to help boost his campaign.
Clinton will be appearing with Meek at campaign stops in St. Petersburg on Tuesday…

McCollum, Meek, White House sound off on decision allowing health care suit to proceed

By | 10.15.10 | 4:15 pm

A Pensacola judge ruled Thursday that a challenge to President Obama’s health care overhaul can move forward, deciding in a 65-page ruling that the constitutionality of two aspects of the new plan — a mandate requiring individuals to purchase health…

How gerrymandering sustains political dynasties

By | 10.15.10 | 2:28 pm

One nuance of gerrymandering, the deliberate drawing of political districts to favor one group, is that the political geography can be carved up to not only favor one party, but to favor one family.

Florida is preparing to reexamine district boundaries following the current census. The question for voters as they ponder two ballot initiatives intended to enact greater controls over the process, is whether the status quo is good for democracy.

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