The challenger in the race for Hernando County Supervisor of Elections is criticizing the incumbent for spending too much on postage to mail out sample ballots for this year's presidential primary. ...more

June 25, 2008

Annie Williams could have saved money. ...more

June 24, 2008

SEBRING — First-term Republican Highlands County Commissioner Barbara Stewart won a second-four-year term Friday afternoon when nobody filed to run against her for the commission seat from the Avon Park district. Meanwhile, state Rep. Denise Grimsley, R- Lake Placid, will have a potentially formidable opponent in her bid for re-election. At 3:30 p.m. Friday, three and a half hours after the noon deadline for certifying candidates, the Florida Division of Elections certfified a potentially formidable independent candidate who goes straight to the November general election. ...more

June 20, 2008

Hotly contested local elections and efforts to educate voters have prompted nearly 10,000 requests for absentee ballots for the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

June 18, 2008

The owner of a Brooksville company specializing in putting logos on everything from umbrellas to golf tees is making another bid for Hernando County Supervisor of Elections. ...more

June 14, 2008

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson's tenure has been plagued by questions - about hush-up payments to a former aide, his failure to his pay property taxes on time, even his willingness or ability to forthrightly explain his office's operations. ...more

June 13, 2008

Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley previewed the new DS200 Optical Scan voting equipment for county poll workers during a workshop at the Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel on Tuesday morning. Corley and Deputy Supervisor of Elections Jim Endress let some 70 poll workers try out the new voting machines at the end of the workshop, where they were able to mark ballots and see how the new equipment works. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — Carl Cool ended more than six months of speculation about whether he would run for the Highlands County Commission seat held by incumbent Republican Barbara Stewart. On Tuesday, Cool, the former chief executive officer of county government for 17 years, announced that he will run for county commissioner. Both Cool and Stewart live in the Avon Park county commission district. They will have their electoral contest decided on Aug. 26, when voters pick between them in the Republican primary election. The winner then would go against a Democrat and possibly independent candidates in the November general election. Cool said he relied on close friends and prayers to make his decision to run for political office for the first time in his life. ...more

June 10, 2008

A ballot chock full of candidates for local races is starting to take a clearer shape. ...more

May 22, 2008

Most candidates collect signatures to qualify. ...more

May 21, 2008