Republican T.K. Waters and Democrat Lakesha Burton both earned enough votes Tuesday night to advance to a November runoff in the special election for Jacksonville’s sheriff.
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Jacksonville state attorney says T.K. Waters and wife, who works for state attorney, didn’t violate voter registration law
State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office said that Jacksonville sheriff’s candidate T.K. Waters and his wife, who is an employee of the State Attorney’s Office, did not violate voter registration laws when they continued voting in a precinct where they didn’t live.
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Reggie Gaffney Jr. registered to vote at his dad’s nonprofit. He didn’t live there.
Reggie Gaffney Jr., a Jacksonville City Council District 7 candidate, registered to vote at a nonprofit where he works, which may be illegal.
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Jacksonville sheriff’s candidate T.K. Waters registered to vote in Nocatee. But he doesn’t live there.
T.K. Waters, a candidate in Jacksonville’s special election for sheriff, registered to vote in Nocatee, but his campaign said he doesn’t live there, raising concerns he may have committed voter fraud.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest slowdown continues for a second day
Jacksonville’s policing slowdown continued Monday despite the city saying “all systems are functioning properly,” with about one-third of the normal number of defendants brought to court following an initial arrest.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office systems knocked out for part of Sunday, limiting officers’ ability to arrest
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has reported “citywide internet outages” affecting police officers’ ability to file arrest reports, according to three sources and the narrative from an arrest report.
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Redistricting activists ask judge to toss Jacksonville City Council districts before 2023 election
Activists asked a federal judge Friday to block the city’s new council district maps in the ongoing Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit, the first step in speeding up the lawsuit ahead of the 2023 elections.
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For decades, Jacksonville City Council redistricted based off ‘misinformation’
For decades, the Jacksonville City Council redistricting planpacked as many Black voters as possible based on a misreading of court rulings.
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Voting-rights groups will ask judge to toss City Council districts before 2023 elections in Jacksonville redistricting lawsuit case
A federal judge said she will hold a hearing in September to decide whether to block the Jacksonville City Council maps ahead of the 2023 city elections.
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$8.6 million and counting: Jacksonville’s mayoral elections will break campaign finance records thanks to Florida’s lax laws
Jacksonville’s mayoral elections highlight how Florida’s campaign-finance laws make it easy to hide money and court big-dollar donations.