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    Extensive campaign and voter protection activities are preclude our normal publication schedule. In the meantime, please enjoy the automatically updated Florida Netroots, Media "Blogs" and Flobama newswires at our sister website FLA Politics. We will resume publication of our digest of, and commentary on Florida political news and punditry [...]
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  • Early voting in Florida begins Saturday

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    "Early voting in Florida begins Saturday, nearly a week later than past years — and with wide variations in hours from county to county."

    The majority of voters will have access to the maximum possible hours of 96, spread over eight straight 12-hour days. That's because supervisors of elections in all [...]

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  • "Subtle shift in presidential campaigns’ approach to Florida"

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    Jeremy Wallace: "Unquestionably, Florida has been at the center of the 2012 presidential campaign."

    The state hosted the Republican National Convention and Monday’s presidential debate will take place in Boca Raton. And each week since early August, it has been visited by at least one of the presidential campaigns.

    Strategically, [...]

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  • "Dorworth in a surprisingly tight race"

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    "A new poll paid for by the Florida Democratic Party shows Republican state Rep. Chris Dorworth of Lake Mary in a surprisingly tight race."

    Dorworth, who is line to become speaker of the Florida House in 2014, leads Democratic challenger Mike Clelland 40 percent to 37 percent, according to a summary [...]

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  • "Republican early vote limitations have black voters fired up — and ready to vote"

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    "When Republicans shortened early voting days in Florida, black leaders say it was like handing voters a lemon."

    "So we're going to make lemonade," Victor T. Curry, senior minister at New Birth Baptist Church, told 150 black pastors from South Florida on Monday.

    Thus began Operation Lemonade, a massive vote-turnout operation' [...]

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  • Scott’s political priorities superseded concerns about deadly TB outbreak

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    "More than 4,000 emails among staff at the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obtained by The Palm Beach Post, show how a disease outbreak became secondary as Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s staff advanced his political priorities to downsize and privatize much of" [...]
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  • "'Ground game' gets fierce"

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    Lloyd Dunkelberger: "With voter registration having closed on Tuesday, the final stages of the 'ground game' for the Nov. 6 election for both the Republicans and Democrats in Florida is well under way."

    Early-voting and absentee-ballot voting have become very popular. A poll released Oct. 11 by NBC, the Wall Street [...]

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  • Romney opens a 7 percentage-point lead over Obama

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    "Republican Mitt Romney has opened a large, 7 percentage-point lead over President Barack Obama in must-win Florida, according to a new poll of likely voters conducted for The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald and the Tampa Bay Times."

    Romney’s 51-44 percent advantage is just on the cusp of the poll’s error margin [...]

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  • Obama ahead by a whisker in NBC News/WSJ/Marist Florida poll

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    Among likely Florida voters, Obama leads 48 percent to Romney's 47 percent. Obama leads 49 to 45 percent among registered voters. The poll has a 3.1 percent margin of error. "NBC News/WSJ/Marist Poll Florida October 11, 2012 Presidential Election" (.pdf).


    Florida Republicans play ECO games

    "Since the beginning of" [...]

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  • "The strangest county in the weirdest state in America"

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    Adam C. Smith: "What if a presidential election came down to the strangest county in the weirdest state in America? For better or worse, that's Miami-Dade, whose vote Nov. 6 will go a long way in determining who wins America's biggest swing state."

    If we see an enormous Miami-Dade margin [...]

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