Voting

WGCU's Mike Kiniry reports from Fort Myers where a last-minute Biden rally popped up in the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre parking lot.

Andrea Perdomo reports from a Punta Gorda polling location where there are no lines and plenty of parking.

Earlier this month the Florida Gulf Coast University Library Archives and Special Collections’ hosted a virtual panel discussion in conjunction with their current digital exhibition titled, “Fight for the Ballot: Voting Rights in the 20th Century.”The panel discussion called, “The Right to Vote – Under Attack Again!” was moderated by WGCU’s John Davis and included legal and voting rights experts C. Ronald Ellington, Howard Simon and Jennifer Scuteri all discussing voter suppression, gerrymandering and the impact of elections.With just over a week until the Nov. 3 General Election, we present that panel discussion.

The deadline has been extended a day, to Tuesday at 7 p.m.

If 60 percent of voters approve Amendment 3, the so-called Jungle Primary would fundamentally change Florida politics.

Voter turnout in the U.S. typically trails behind voter participation rates in other developed nations even as the history of efforts to expand voting rights in this country has been a long, often bloody battle. On the heels of Florida’s primary elections this week, we explore the new virtual exhibition at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Wilson G. Bradshaw Library titled, “Fight for the Ballot: Voting Rights in the 20th Century.”

TALLAHASSEE --- A Tallahassee research organization called Wednesday for “universal” mail-in voting in Florida, a day after President Donald Trump...

After condemning mail-in voting for months, President Donald Trump is now encouraging Floridians to cast their ballots by mail, assuring in a social...

Across Florida, in-person voting began Monday in advance of the August 18th primary election as 28 counties, including Leon, kicked off a two-week period of early voting.

As the state sinks deeper into the coronavirus pandemic, primary elections for Florida’s local and congressional races are just around the corner. That...