Dozens of concerned voters are calling on lawmakers to make it easier for Floridians to vote.
Concerned citizens rallied across Florida Tuesday, calling for more early voting days, amendment caps and a uniform voting policy across the state. Kofi Hunt with Awake Pinellas joined the effort to send the message to lawmakers at a rally in front of Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes' office on Fourth Street North in St. Petersburg. The protest was one of about two dozen rallies that took place in several cities during the first day of the legislative session. "The problem is, we had the longest lines in the country, we had the longest waits in the country. The problem is 200,000 people didn't vote because they didn't think they had time," Hunt said. Concerned citizens say Florida's voter laws are too restrictive. "This last election was…
A posse of middle-class voters gathered Tuesday night in St. Petersburg to demand change, including 'quality' jobs and a greater focus on education.
ST. PETERSBURG – From teachers to firefighters, self-described middle class voters turned out in force Tuesday night in St. Petersburg and 14 other locations in Florida to send a message to Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers: Stop slashing the budget and start rebuilding infrastructure to create jobs and bolster the economy. “The way to bring jobs to Florida is not to keep cutting taxes. We’ve already done that," said Mark Ferrulo, Executive Director of Progress Florida, which organized the Awake the State rallies. The 15 Awake the State panel discussions and rallies were strategically organized on Tuesday, Nov. 1, because the 2012 elections are exactly one year away. The get-togethers and protests largely have been organized and powered by …
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Bruce Nissen
6:01 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Facilitating the right to vote is so basic, so elementary, that all attempts to discourage and prevent voting by a demographic is downright awful. The message of this rally is a great one; congrats Awake Pinellas! more ›