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DES MOINES, IOWA: GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis sparked an outcry after claiming that he's "looking" into ways to block President Joe Biden from the 2024 primary ballot in Florida due to the "invasion of 8 million" at the southern border. The 45-year-old Florida governor told reporters on Friday, January 5, during a campaign event in Iowa, that he believes attempts to keep former President Trump off the ballot are "wrong." "I do think the US Supreme Court is going to have to take the case," he said, per Fox News, adding, "I do think they're going to have to...

Floridians will vote next year on whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026, an amendment initiative led by Orlando attorney John Morgan that’s already drawing opposition from Republican leaders and the business community. The initiative that will be called Amendment 2 made the November ballot after its wording was approved by the Florida Supreme Court in a decision released Thursday. Court review was the last obstacle to getting the measure on the ballot after Morgan’s Florida For A Fair Wage collected more than 770,000 of the required 766,200 signatures. The amendment would raise the...

The Plaintiff alleges that candidate Obama is not eligible for that office because he is not a "natural-born citizen" within the meaning of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States. Because I find that the plaintiff has not and cannot state a cause of action for the relief requested under Section 102.168, Florida Statutes, I grant the motions to dismiss with prejudice. The respective major political parties determine their nominee at a national convention pursuant to rules that the parties draft and approve. The Presidential Preference Primary Election in Florida is an integral part of that...

Judge Orders Nader off Florida ballot The Associated Press Updated: 3:08 p.m. ET Sept. 15, 2004 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ralph Nader is again off Florida’s presidential ballot, at least for now. Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey on Wednesday ordered that Nader’s name be removed from the November ballot, finding that the Reform Party — which nominated Nader — isn’t a legitimate party under state law. Davey also ordered that four counties that have already mailed absentee ballots listing Nader send out amended ballots without his name. Davey had issued a temporary order last week keeping the consumer advocate off the...