Eight Days Til Mayoral Election, Candidates Continue To Throw Punches
MIAMI (CBS4) – A day after a new poll conducted by CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald showed former Miami-Dade commissioner Carlos Gimenez with a commanding lead in the race to become Miami-Dade’s...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Charter Changes
The 2012 Primary election is open to Registered Republicans only. In order to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, you must have been registered in advance. However, Miami-Dade residents,...
View ArticleBroward Municipal Elections
The 2012 Primary election is open to Registered Republicans only. In order to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, you must have been registered in advance. However, residents of these...
View ArticleMonroe County Non-Partisan Election
The 2012 Primary election is open to Registered Republicans only. In order to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, you must have been registered in advance. However, residents of Monroe...
View ArticleReport: NFL Considering Ending Pro Bowl
NEW YORK (CBSMiami) – It was just a few years ago that South Florida was the center of the pro football world with both the NFL Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl being held at Sun Life Stadium. But one of...
View ArticleScott Claims He Was Purged From Voter Rolls
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida Governor Rick Scott said Thursday he knows what it’s like to be purged from voter rolls because it’s happened to him in the past. In a radio interview Thursday morning, Scott...
View ArticleArrest 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...
View ArticleVoter 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleM-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...
View ArticlePlea 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...
View ArticleAbsentee 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...
View ArticleTuesday 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....
View ArticleDemocrats 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...
View ArticleEarly 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...
View ArticlePreparedness 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...
View ArticleHundreds 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...
View ArticleSaturday 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...
View ArticleUnderstanding 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...
View ArticleBroward 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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