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When law enforcement officers began arresting 20 people charged with illegally voting in the 2020 election, there was a common theme among those accused: they didn't understand why they were being arrested.

Orange County commissioners voted Thursday to appeal a judge’s ruling that stopped the elections supervisor and canvassing board from certifying the results of a rent referendum on the November ballot.

Gov. Ron DeSantis faced questions Tuesday about political jabs thrown his way by former President Donald Trump in the wake of the 2022 midterm elections, as both Republicans may make a bid for the White House in 2024.

If you have a vote-by-mail ballot you need to fix or a provisional ballot you need to provide documents for, you have a couple more days to do that because of Hurricane Nicole.

A Republican former Florida State and NFL football star will replace a prominent north Florida Democratic state senator to help the GOP take supermajorities in both chambers of the statehouse.

Call it what you will, Republicans overwhelmed Democrats in Tuesday’s elections in Florida.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

Florida, you are now a red-state. The opinion of this writer? Nope. The opinion of WKMG-TV? Nope. The decision of the voters of Florida? Bingo.

On Election Day, Florida voters cast their ballots against a state amendment aimed at getting rid of Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission.

Incumbent Jason Brodeur won out over Joy Goff-Marcil Tuesday for a Florida Senate District 10 seat — a newly redistricted area that covers Seminole and parts of Orange County.

Next month, Osceola County voters may be asked to say “Yes” or “No” to a sales tax extension

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried’s decision to run for governor earlier means the cabinet seat is open for a new politician.

The incumbent chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis has won his bid for re-election.

Sen. Marco Rubio has won a third term in the U.S. Senate as Florida’s senior senator.

Flagler County residents approved the continuation of a half-cent school tax referendum which aims to help fund school improvement projects within the district.

Republican candidate Cory Mills won in his U.S. House District 7 race, beating Karen Green, according to the Associated Press.

Florida’s governor is returning to the governor’s mansion after winning reelection against challenger Charlie Crist.

Democratic candidate Maxwell Frost won in his U.S. House District 10 race, making him the first member of Generation Z to do so, according to the Associated Press.

Florida’s attorney general is not just the state’s top prosecutor. The holder of the job also pledges to protect the interests of Floridians, whether that’s going after consumer fraud or price gouging, or taking part in national lawsuits against groups that take advantage of residents.

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The U.S. Department of Justice routinely sends monitors to precincts around the country to make sure that Election Day is going smoothly, but on Monday Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration objected to the oversight in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Calling election results are an important part of the democratic process and accuracy in calling races is essential in building trust in the process.

The general election is Nov. 8, which means all voters have a chance to decide who will lead them in all levels of government.

With Election Day on Tuesday, here are the numbers for Central Florida's early voters and mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms.

Election workers across central Florida are busy ahead of the midterm.

Right now, Democrats technically hold the majority by the slimmest of margins.

It’s your last chance to cast a ballot for important seats such as Florida governor, U.S. senator and U.S. representative, as well as to make your voice heard on a variety of issues.

News 6 got a look inside of the warehouse at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office

Despite record inflation and rising interest rates, Orange County voters will decide on Tuesday whether to raise taxes to improve transportation infrastructure.

Early voting is ending in Central Florida and Supervisor of Elections are reporting low turnouts thus far, but say they are hopeful more people are headed to the polls come election day.

With just days before Election Day, several organizations are planning for a busy weekend, encouraging voters to vote early or show up on Tuesday.

A 55-year-old Loxahatchee woman was arrested Friday by inspectors of the state’s Election Crime Unit.

With vote-by-mail well underway, some counties have received hundreds of ballots with errors.

Ocoee is hosting several events this weekend to remember 102 years since the Ocoee Election Day Massacre and its victims.

Midterm elections are scheduled for Nov. 8 in Florida, and candidates are coming out into Central Florida for last-minute campaign pushes to get voters to the polls.

With early voting already underway, Judge Jeff Ashton of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court issued a temporary injunction.

Tell us about your problems at the polls.

If you haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, you need to do it now.

Midterm elections are set to take place on Nov. 8, though thousands of Florida residents have been coming out to vote early or mail in their ballots. Here's how many have gotten out the vote in Central Florida so far.

A political committee trying to draft Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024 has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission in a dispute about a petition with more than 80,000 signatures.

Some Central Florida supervisors of elections have said they've had verbal altercations at early voting sites.

Several Central Florida supervisors of elections came together Tuesday to remind voters that early voting was going on — and now was the time to vote.

Election Day in Florida could be when the state goes red.

Five Florida Supreme Court justices and more than two dozen Florida appeals court judges are up for merit retention this election.

Five county supervisors of elections — Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties — came together to implore people to get out and vote now at early voting locations, rather than wait until Election Day.

Much of the focus has shifted to the Senate, specifically a few select races that will decide control.

Florida voters make decisions in the 2022 general election.

Florida voters make decisions in the 2022 general election.

Florida voters make decisions in the 2022 general election.

Florida voters make decisions in the 2022 general election.

The infectious disease is spreading fast in a country ill-equipped to stop it.

Maxwell was found guilty last December of conspiring with her ex-boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein, to groom, recruit and sexually abuse minors as part of an infamous trafficking ring.

Libya’s prime minister has taken a defiant stand against efforts to appoint a new interim government

A deeply symbolic victory for Venezuela’s opposition hasn’t resolved a deep divide over its strategy

Sunday's presidential election reflects an intense political fight in a country U.S. prosecutors call a "narco-state."

Mustafa al-Kadhimi said he was unhurt in the attack on his house, said to be by an armed drone.

Marine Le Pen's National Rally had hoped to win a regional powerbase ahead of next year's election.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, La République en Marche, garnered only 10.9 % of the vote in Sunday's regional elections, which saw bigger wins for mainstream left-and-right wing parties, according to an exit poll by Elabe. Why it matters: Sunday's regional elections are seen as a barometer for next year's national elections, which are only 10 months away, Politico reports.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeThe g

Nepal’s president dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections on Saturday after the prime minister, who was heading a minority government and was unlikely to secure a vote of confidence in the chamber, recommended the move. A notice issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s office set the elections for Nov. 12 and 19. Nepal has been grappling with a political crisis at the same time it's struggling with a coronavirus surge and record numbers of daily infections and deaths, amid acute shortages of hospital beds, medication and oxygen.

Local and national contests - many delayed by Covid - are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales.

Cobb County officials reduce early voting locations ahead of Georgia Senate runoff elections Elections officials in Cobb County, Georgia, is reducing the number of early voting locations for the January Senate runoff elections. President-elect Joe Biden won Cobb County, in suburban Atlanta, 56% to 42%. Chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party Jason Shepherd joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the decision and the upcoming elections.

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved a day earlier to add fact checks to two of his tweets. The president cant unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. Trump did not explain his threat Wednesday, and the call to expand regulation appeared to fly in the face of long-held conservative principles on deregulation. The protections have been credited with allowing the unfettered growth of the internet for more than two decades, but now some Trump allies are advocating that social media companies face more scrutiny. Why are they getting subsidized by federal taxpayers to censor conservatives, to censor people critical of China.

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes in the Rose Garden White House, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering on Wednesday after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, claimed on Twitter early Wednesday that tech giants silence conservative voices." Trump and his campaign had lashed out Tuesday after Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots fraudulent and predicted that mail boxes will be robbed, among other things. The protections have been credited with allowing the unfettered growth of the internet for more than two decades, but now some Trump allies are advocating that social media companies face more scrutiny.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall: Trust me. Its a transition to greatness, Trump says over and over, predicting a burgeoning economy come the fall. Now, Trump is making the case to voters that if he helped bolster the economy once, he can do it again. "Ill do it a second time.It's not just next year that will be a mystery to voters on Election Day. "The president is placing a bet by reopening the economy before public health officials believe it is safe.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall: Trust me. Its a transition to greatness, Trump says over and over, predicting a burgeoning economy come the fall. Now, Trump is making the case to voters that if he helped bolster the economy once, he can do it again. "Ill do it a second time.It's not just next year that will be a mystery to voters on Election Day. "The president is placing a bet by reopening the economy before public health officials believe it is safe.

$145M from midterm elections came from anonymous donors The 2014 midterm elections were the most expensive in history. And, as Nancy Cordes reports, an estimated $145 million in campaign funding came from anonymous sources.

Midterm elections: Tough struggle for incumbent Landrieu in La. If elections were held today, Republicans would pick up six seats in the Senate giving them the majority. But control of the Senate might hang in the balance until December, when the entire political world could descend on Louisiana. Nancy Cordes reports.

Midterm elections Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections Director, discusses how the races are shaping up two weeks before the midterm elections.