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What the PROPOSED redistricting maps could mean for Seminole County voters
12/6/2011
Today the Florida House of Representatives released their proposed redistricting maps for congressional and state house of boundaries. Attached is a file which delineates how the new PROPOSED boundaries set by both the Florida Senate and the Florida House affect Seminole County voters. Of course, these are NOT the final maps.
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Elections Office to Cover County July 4th Weekend
6/29/2011
The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections office's voter outreach efforts will kick into high gear for the annual Independence Day activities throughout the county.
Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel, who will be at all of the events this weekend, says "These events are magnets of patriotism, and hopefully when folks are reflecting on the freedoms we enjoy, they'll take a few minutes to stop by and either register to vote, change their address on file, request an absentee ballot, or simply chat about the administration of the upcoming elections."
The schedule for events is:
-Saturday, July 2 - 6-9 p.m. Red, Rock & Blue in the city park next to Lake Mary City Hall (SOE Ertel will be the opening speaker and there will be a voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags)
-Sunday, July 3 - 4-10:30 p.m. Red Hot & Boom, Central Winds Park in Altamonte Springs (Voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags)
-Monday, July 4 - 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Geneva Independence Day parade and festival at the Rural Heritage Center (SOE Ertel will walk in the parade and there will be a voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags until 2:30)
-Monday, July 4 - Noon-9 p.m. Oviedo Independence Day Celebration at The Oviedo Mall (Voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags)
-Monday, July 4 - 5-9 p.m. Star Spangled Sanford at Fort Mellon Park in Sanford (Voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags)
-Monday, July 4, 5-9:30 p.m. Celebration of Freedom at Central Winds Park in Winter Springs (Voter registration and information booth with free voter guides and American flags)
If you would like to have the elections office conduct a nonpartisan voter registration drive at your event, or if you'd like to have Ertel speak to your civic group or organization about the upcoming elections, please contact Joe Culotta, Voter Outreach manager at 407.708.7707 or Culotta@VoteSeminole.org.
Let us run your voter registration drive
5/18/2011
Note about the new Florida Elections law expected to be signed today:
If you have a voter registration drive planned and worry that the new election law (expected to be signed by the governor today, according to news reports) will hinder that drive - please do not cancel the registration event! Our office will staff any nonpartisan voter registration drive any organization would like to conduct, no matter what day of the week or time of the day. We will also securely transport the new voter registrations back to our office, saving your organization the time and expense of that task. If you know of any group or organization that is considering canceling a voter registration drive, please have them contact us, so they don't cancel.
As you all know, our office is hyper-dedicated to registering as many people to vote as we can. So far in the month of May, we have conducted registration drives at the Hispanic Chamber's Business Expo, the Tuskawilla Montessori Springfest, the Seminole County Student Museum festival, the Geneva Founders Day celebration, Sanford's Alive After Five street festival, Altamonte Springs' Family Fest, and the Jewish Community Center's Israel Independence Day event, among others.
Please use us as a resource to ensure as many people in your organization are registered to vote! If you would like for either myself or a team member to speak to your community group about the new law changes, redistricting, or anything else elections-related, please feel free to contact us.
