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“This is Barack Obama’s third visit to South Florida, and each visit is more pathetic than the last as he struggles to garner support for Joe Biden among the Latino community,” Danielle Alvarez, a Trump campaign spokeswoman said in a prepared statement. “Meanwhile, President Trump held a rally last night with 15,000 energetic Latinos who are eager to see four more years of ‘Promises Made, Promises Kept.’” ... Read More

Andrew Weinstein, a Coral Springs lawyer and prominent Democratic fundraiser and activist, who has long been close to former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden was among the handful of invited guests when Biden delivered a speech about his vision for seniors at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center in Pembroke Pines on Oct. 13, 2020. (Anthony Man/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

As usual, the race for Florida’s 29 electoral votes — more than 10% of the 270 needed to win the presidency — is exceedingly close, and a relatively small number of votes could swing the state one way or another. In 2016, Trump finished 1.2 percentage points ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton, winning 112,911 more votes out of 9.1 million cast for the two candidates. (A collection of minor party candidates received another 297,000 votes). The 2018 U.S. Senate race was decided by 10,033... Read More

In Gainesville — where the county also voted for Clinton in 2016 — Monica Thomas, 42, had her mail ballots rejected in five consecutive state and federal elections between 2008 and 2016, according to election records. Alexis White, Alachua County’s elections information specialist, confirmed that Thomas’ mail-in ballots were all rejected over mismatched signatures. ... Read More

Released from prison last December, Freeman says he registered to vote on Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated for years by African Americans to commemorate the day slaves were told they were free in Galveston, Texas, in 1865. He and and his fiancé dropped off their ballots at City Hall in West Palm Beach last week at an event with other ex-felons who are now allowed to vote. ... Read More

“We want to open their eyes,” she said. “We want to make sure we talk to our Democratic base to make sure they get out to vote. A lot of them come from countries ruled by dictators. Our fear is that a lot of this president’s behavior patterns are authoritarian. I see a president who doesn’t respect our FBI, our CIA or our generals.” ... Read More

With the pandemic, mail voting will be at historic highs, but Florida has more experience counting mail ballots than some other states. In the last presidential election, about 27% of votes in Florida were cast by mail compared with only 4% in Pennsylvania, another battleground state, according to Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan political encyclopedia. ... Read More

“There is a risk of storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rainfall for portions of Nicaragua and Honduras,” the hurricane center said. “…Through Thursday afternoon, heavy rainfall from the system will likely lead to flash flooding and river flooding across portions of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Central America, which could result in landslides in areas of higher terrain.” ... Read More

“Broward County, we are going to do everything we can over the next three days and, God willing, we are going to win that election, and Joe and I are going to get rid of that tax cut and invest that money into working people and families,” Harris said. ... Read More

Special agents with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General discovered 48 pieces of election mail sitting in a post office in South Miami-Dade County on Friday, the office announced Saturday morning. Forty-two of them were ballots that had not yet been delivered to voters, officials said, while the other six had already been filled out and were brought to the Miami-Dade supervisor of elections Friday night. ... Read More