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  August 03, 2011 9:07 AM   The foundation of Florida’s election-law changes, the bedrock belief that spurred major reforms this spring, was the notion that voter fraud is rampant. So the Legislature passed and Gov. …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: August 4th, 2011 Contact: Brannon Jordan, (850) 222-3411 Statement from the Florida Democratic Party on Rep. John Mica’s Move to Put Politics Above Jobs Tallahassee, FL – …

  First it was students and teachers.Then public employees, firefighters and policemen. Now, Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature are taking aim at Florida voters. Just last spring, Scott and this Republican legislature rammed through …

Posted: August 2, 2011 – 7:09pm  |  Updated: August 3, 2011 – 1:22am By Topher Sanders    Unnamed donors help raise $200,000 to keep 4 school programs. Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown made good on two campaign refrains Tuesday when he announced …

By KEVIN SACK Published: July 31, 2011 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When it comes to pursuing federal largess, most of the states that oppose the 2010 health care law have refused to let either principle or politics …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: August 1st, 2011 Contact: Brannon Jordan, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith’s Statement In Support of Debt Agreement Last night, President Obama announced that Congressional leaders …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: August 1st, 2011 Contact: Press Office, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Taps Brannon Jordan As Communications Director Jordan, A Fourth Generation Floridian, Will Oversee Party Communications Operations …

  NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: July 30th, 2011 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party Chairman Smith: Huntsman ‘Playing a Perilous Game’ with Floridian’s Livelihoods As Jon Huntsman travels to Florida today, …

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: July 29th, 2011 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411   Florida Democratic Party Chairman Smith Blasts Pawlenty’s Doubling Down On Failed Economic Policies As Tim Pawlenty visits the …

By ERIKA BOLSTAD – Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asked Americans to reach out to Congress to make their voices heard on the debt ceiling debate — and so they did. Thousands of callers with …