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• Voter-fraud watch: Inside Miami-Dade's shady world of ballot-brokering 'boleteros'

  For an elderly political junky who needs money on the side, it’s the perfect job with an exotic-sounding name: Boletero

  It literally means “balloteer,” but the post carries the Spanish nickname in deference to the dozens — if not scores — of paid small-time operatives who find ways to turn out [...]

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• Another Scott agency head resigns: APD's Mike Hansen

  Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that Mike Hansen, a Capitol veteran who has headed the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities, is resigning to return to the Florida Senate.

  Hansen, who previously had a lengthy career as a budget and health care expert both in the Legislature and the governor's office, took [...]

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• Wanted: Miami-Dade boletero fraudsters

  We're not making this up: Two Democratic Miami-Dade legislative candidates have crafted a "wanted" poster -- and pooled a $1,000 reward -- for tips leading to the conviction of people committing absentee-ballot fraud in their districts.

  Ross Hancock, running against state Rep. Erik Fresen, and Jeff Solomon, running against state [...]

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• Hialeah game of thrones: Rep. Eddy Gonzalez sues rival campaign consultant who says she'll sue him.

  Hialeah Rep. Eddy Gonzalez is suing veteran campaign consultant Sasha Tirador, claiming in a just-filed lawsuit that she broke elections law.

  Gonzalez's suit, filed by former Rep. J.C. Planas, said Tirador's third-party elections group, Citizens for a Reality Check, violated campaign rules by explicitly telling people in an ad to vote [...]

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• Draft report: New PIP law could reduce premiums up to 20 percent

  The company hired to evaluate Florida's new PIP law has given preliminary estimates that the reforms could reduce PIP premiums between 12 and 20 percent starting in 2013.

  This information is contained in a draft copy of the report, which was given to the Office of Insurance Regulation this week. [...]

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• Florida House dismisses ethics complaint against Rep. Ana Rivas Logan

  The Florida House has dismissed an ethics complaint filed against Rep. Ana Rivas Logan.

  Former state Rep. J.C. Planas, a lawyer who supports Logan's opponent, fellow Miami Republican Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, had filed a complaint suggesting she had broken House rules when a political committee she is linked to reported [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott vague about if state needs a new law to tackle absentee ballot fraud

  At a Staples store in Lauderhill Friday, Gov. Rick Scottbriefly responded to reporters’ questions about absentee ballot fraud after his photo opp shopping for school supplies that will go to low-income children in Broward.

  But Scott’s answers were vague and a spokesperson for Scott only allowed a few voting-related questions before [...]

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