Live coverage election day updates from Central Florida.
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Efforts to set the bar to 60% began back in 2004 when the Republican Party controlled the Florida Legislature and amendments were being passed that GOP’s did not support. -
Several local Democratic candidates won their reelection last night, along with some first time wins for county commission and local school board seats. -
All partisan races along the Space Coast county were won by Republicans. -
One of the state’s tax exemptions that reduce the assessed value of houses to save homeowners money on their property taxes will now be adjusted for yearly inflation. -
After months of fighting, Florida's immediate future on abortion has been decided. Amendment 4 failed to reach the threshhold of the needed 60% of votes to pass . Still, amendment supporters vow to continue to fight. -
His predecessor, Bill Posey, served the position for 16 years and sought Haridopolos to take it over for him. -
Results for Key Florida Races, President, Senate, House and Ballot Measures (Amendments). -
Tune in to NPR starting at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 5 as polls begin to close, and stay with us throughout the night as results come in. -
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Orange County’s Supervisor of Elections office is trying to spread the word that some voters may need to verify their ballot signature. They have two days after the election to do so.
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Th governor touted the relative ease and economy of setting up the north Florida facility at a pre-existing prison, estimating the build-out cost to be $6 million. -
Along with increasing the gas tax, the County Commission also approved Tuesday adding to the tax on services providing electricity, water, natural gas and propane. -
The supervisor of elections will send out a correction after listing the wrong Democrat for House District 40’s Sept. 2 special election. -
PolitiFact Florida explores House Speaker Mike Johnson's larger point about what Democrat lawmakers said before this year about releasing Epstein records or investigating the case. -
Siding with environmental groups, a U.S. district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked state and federal officials from further expansion of an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades. -
U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe filed the dismissal request on Wednesday. He did not give a reason but simply cited "the interest of justice." -
The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction barring state gambling regulators from requiring Gulfstream to run a full calendar of races or suspending its slots license for failing to do so. -
Two commissioners — Kelly Martinez Semrad and Nicole Wilson — voted against approving the addendum to the county's agreement with ICE, which Mayor Jerry Demings signed on Friday. -
Blaise Ingoglia spoke in Orlando Tuesday as Florida DOGE staffers visited county offices. -
With a staff shortage of 24% at the jail, Mayor Jerry Demings, who signed the addendum on Friday, said the county may never actually be able to spare corrections officers to transport immigrants. -
Like Orange County, the city has received a letter from Florida's Department of Government Efficiency. Florida DOGE staff will visit City Hall on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12. -
Earlier this week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to Demings and the Orange County Commission threatening removal from office by the governor if they didn't sign.
