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Arrest Made In Absentee Ballot Case
HIALEAH (CBSMiami) – The Hialeah woman at the center of an investigation regarding brokered absentee ballots for the upcoming election has bonded out of jail after turning herself in on a felony arrest...
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Voter Transportation Program Raising Eyebrows
MIAMI (CBS4) – Early voting is underway in South Florida and Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro is wasting no time trying to get votes. His campaign-sponsored shuttles can be seen all over his...
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Former Fla. GOP Chair Accuses Party of Suppressing Minority Voters
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is making charged accusations against his prior employer, claiming state party officials are intentionally trying to keep...
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M-D Commission Rejects Elected Police Director Position
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A proposal from Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe Martinez to make the county’s top cop an elected position, rather than appointed by the mayor, has been voted down by fellow...
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Plea Deal Offered In Absentee Ballot Fraud Case
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The Hialeah woman at the center of an investigation regarding brokered absentee ballots was offered a plea deal Friday morning at her arraignment but the deal wasn’t immediately...
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Absentee Ballots Being Mailed In Miami-Dade
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The November general election is a little less than five weeks away, but thousands of voters can start voting in South Florida this weekend. Around 172,000 absentee ballots went out...
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Tuesday Is Deadline For Miami-Dade Voters To Register
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The November general election is less than a month away and if you want to be able to make your opinion count, time is running out to register to vote for the presidential election....
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Democrats Chip Away At Republican Absentee Ballot Advantage
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Historically speaking, a high turnout for absentee ballots has favored the Republican Party. This year, while Republicans are enjoying a lead, Democrats have started to chip away at...
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Early Voting Kicks Off On Saturday
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – While nearly 1 million people have cast an absentee vote already this election season, business at the voting booths will begin to pick up starting Saturday when early voting kicks...
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Preparedness Recommended For Voting On Amendments
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Whether you vote early, by absentee, or on Election Day we want to warn you again you will be facing what many say is the longest ballot in history. And filling it out isn’t exactly...
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Hundreds Of Thousands Locally Have Cast Absentee Ballots
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Absentee ballots have been going out for weeks and the return rate could be foreshadowing a record turnout on Election Day. In Miami-Dade County, a total of 253,406 absentee ballots...
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Saturday Start To Early Voting Could Be Big For Dems
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Democrats hopes for taking an early lead in the presidential race in Florida will be fully underway on Saturday when early voting begins statewide. But, unlike in 2008, there will be...
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Understanding The Florida Amendments
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The 2012 ballot will be one to remember across the state of Florida. The ballot is the longest in Miami-Dade history and much of the ballot is taken up with 11 constitutional...
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Broward Voting Proceeds Relatively Smoothly
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – It’s a record breaking year for absentee ballot voting in Broward County. As of early Monday morning, more than 145,000 people voted absentee. And that was before hundreds...
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Voters Reject Most Florida Amendments
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Much of the lengthy ballot in Florida was due to multiple state constitutional amendments that each required at least 60 percent support from voters to become law. The high threshold...
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Additional Planning May Have Eased Election Day Delays
MIAMI (CBS4) – Twelve years after Florida’s presidential election debacle which made the term “hanging chad” a common household term, some argue that we haven’t come very far. Near a day after most of...
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State Officials Meet To Discuss Miami-Dade Election Problems
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A special team formed by Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to investigate the problems in last month’s election met Tuesday afternoon in Miami-Dade with Mayor Carlos Gimenez and...
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Election Supervisors Ask For Ballot Limits, More Early Voting
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – Elections supervisors who testified before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee on Monday said in the future less wordy constitutional amendment proposals and more...
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House Members Overwhelmingly Approve Elections Bill
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4/NSF) – In an attempt to remedy the voting problems that plagued the state in 2012, the Florida House passed an elections overhaul bill by an overwhelming margin Tuesday. Nearly all...
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Michelle Spence-Jones Denied Chance At Third Term In Office
MIAMI (CBS4) – A Miami judge has banned Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones from seeking a third term in office. The ruling came down from Circuit Court Judge Jorge E. Cueto Tuesday in favor of...
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Voters To Decide Fate Of Jackson Improvements
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A nearly unanimous Miami-Dade County Commission will send an initiative to Miami-Dade County voters in a special election to fund an $830 million overhaul of the Jackson Health...
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Sergio Robaina Changing Plea In Absentee Ballot Case
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Sergio Robaina, the uncle of former Mayor Julio Robaina, will accept probation and plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of illegally possessed absentee ballots, according to CBS4 news...
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Court Rules Out Miami Beach Convention Center Referendum
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) — Incomplete details about a Miami Beach convention center plan led to a state appeals court ruling out a planned voter referendum for the $1 billion renovation. The 3rd...
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Key Player Votes Early For Jackson Health System Upgrade
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Early voting continues in Miami-Dade for a countywide special election in which voters are being asked to fund an overhaul of the Jackson Health System. Monday afternoon, the CEO of...
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Projected: Miami-Dade Voters To Raise Taxes For Jackson Health System
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Voters in Miami-Dade County were being asked to raise their taxes to fund a major overhaul of the Jackson Health System. Tuesday evening the bond to fund Jackson Health System was...
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Medical Marijuana Question Argued Before Fl. Supreme Court
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – The Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office is arguing that a proposed constitutional amendment allowing marijuana for medical reasons would go beyond what voters would be led...
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Medical Marijuana Initiative Gets Needed Signatures
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Medical marijuana proponents cleared a major hurdle Friday by surpassing the number of signatures required to make it on the November ballot. But it’s still up in the air...
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Florida Supreme Court Clears Way For Medical Marijuana On Ballot
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Florida voters will get to decide whether medical marijuana should be legal in the state. The state Supreme Court cleared the way for a November ballot question proposing a...
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Rubio Declines To Answer Marijuana Question
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Sen. Marco Rubio is remaining quiet on whether he ever smoked marijuana and declining to answer the question. The Florida Republican and potential presidential candidate dodged a...
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Drive To Legalize Medical Marijuana Has Cost Millions
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The legalization of medical marijuana will go before Florida voters this year, but for its backers, getting to this point has come with a heavy cost. People United for...
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Ruling May Chill School Districts Efforts To Challenge Charter School...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A ruling against the Miami-Dade County Public School District was the first-ever ruling under Florida statutes, written specifically to prevent school districts from taking “unlawful...
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Judge Rules Sheldon Meets Residency Requirements
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A legal move to disqualify one of two Democratic candidates for Florida attorney general failed Friday when a Tallahassee judge ruled that George Sheldon met the residency...
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Voters Urged To Get “Election Ready”
CBSMIAMI (CBSMiami) – With the November General Election less than a month away, elections supervisors are encouraging all voters to to become familiarized with their specific ballot content before...
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Wednesday Is Last Day To Request Absentee Ballot
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The Miami-Dade and Broward Elections Departments wants to remind all voters that Wednesday is the deadline to request an Absentee Ballot for...
View ArticleJudge Throws Charter School Amendment Off November Ballot
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – A judge is throwing a proposed amendment dealing with charter schools off the November ballot. Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled Monday that...
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Sunday Is The Final Day To Vote Early In Miami-Dade & Broward
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The 2018 midterm elections could be one of the most important in the recent history of the United States. The first step is the primaries, and...
View ArticleJudge To Weigh Spanish-Language Ballot Dispute
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A federal judge Wednesday will hear arguments in a lawsuit seeking to require 32 Florida counties to provide Spanish-language...
View ArticleLarge Ballots Could Lead To Long Lines At Voting Locations
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tuesday was the second day of early voting… and the early numbers are indicating a dramatic increase in voter turnout. In parts of South...
View ArticleFacing South Florida: Discussing Miami Ballot Issues With Grant Miller
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter The City of Miami has a number of issues on the ballot, including a proposal to increase the powers of the mayor, and a proposal to build that long awaited...
View ArticleBallot Measure On ‘Assault’ Weapons Proposed
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA) — A Miami-based political committee has proposed a constitutional amendment that would ban possession of “assault”...
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