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• Number of counties reporting questionable GOP registrations grows

  A vendor fired by the Republican Party of Florida for submitting questionable voter registrations forms in Palm Beach County is also responsible for filing flawed applications in other counties and states, election officials confirmed Friday.

  Earlier this week, Florida Republicans fired Virginia-based Strategic Allied Consulting after Palm Beach County flagged about [...]

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• FDLE arrests Rep. Campbell's aide on grand theft charges

  A legislative aide to state Rep. Daphne Campbell was arrested Friday for grand theft after she allegedly charged constituents phony fees for assistance that never materialized. 

  Janice Y. Shackelford, 49, resigned her job as a secretary in Campbell’s Miami Shores office after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement started investigating complaints [...]

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• RPOF may have to return $10,000 in illegal contributions stemming from Buchanan case

  The Republican Party of Florida is looking into returning about $10,000 in contributions that were deemed illegal and were tied to guilty pleas a Tampa developer and an accountant made yesterday in federal court.

  "It is entirely appropriate to return contributions that are tainted by confirmed criminal actions of any [...]

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• Movers & Shakers: VISIT FLORIDA CEO hits the road, DMS spokesman heads to DC

  VISIT FLORIDA president hits the road

  VISIT FLORIDA president and CEO Chris Thompson is leaving his post to be president and CEO of Brand USA, a public/private partnership to increase international travel to the United States.

  The departure from the state's tourism marketing corporation prompted a mention from Gov. Rick Scott, whose [...]

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• Red-line moment? Century Village voters concerned about Iran, but more so about Medicare

  A day after Israel’s leader literally drew a red line over Iranian’s nuclear program, Vice president Joe Biden travelled to the heart of South Florida’s politically active Jewish community and found the views about the presidential race largely unchanged.

  The Democrats are voting for the Democrat. The Republicans side with the [...]

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• GOP donors plead guilty in fed court for illegally funding Congressman Buchanan, RPOF

  A Tampa real estate developer and an accountant with ties to U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan pleaded guilty in federal court today for their roles in illegal contributions to the Republican Party of Florida and Buchanan's campaign, the Department of Justice announced.

  The press release:

  WASHINGTON - Timothy F. Mobley, a real estate [...]

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• After fraud claims, RNC fires voter-registration group that also worked for Romney camp

  From NBC (which conveniently fails to credit the Palm Beach Post for first breaking the fraud allegations):

  The Republican National Committee has fired a controversial consulting firm it was paying millions of dollars to conduct voter registration in five battleground states, NBC News has learned. 

  The move came after the [...]

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• Judge schedules November hearing for Miami-Dade mayor, property appraiser election contests

  The final hearing in a pair of lawsuits challenging the election results of last month's Miami-Dade mayor and property appraiser contests has been pushed back to November.

  Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Rosa I. Rodriguez postponed the hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, to Nov. 5 -- the day before Election Day -- after [...]

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• Jacksonville senator blames governor's office for TB crisis

  In an opinion piece submitted to The Florida Times-Union newspaper, state Sen. Audrey Gibson blames Gov. Rick Scott's administration for a lackluster responsed to the tuberculosis outbreak among Jacksonville's homeless population.

  Duval County Health Department Director Bob Harmon announced his hasty retirement Tuesday, giving 24 hours notice that he would [...]

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• Gary Johnson sues FEC for $750k

  Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson's campaign has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission, claiming the agency is unlawfully holding back public funds.

  The FEC wouldn't comment, citing the suit that was filed Monday in a federal court in California.

  Johnson claims that, as a minor-party candidate, he's entitled [...]

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