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Party platforms address transportation, safety issues
By Clare Lennon | Sep. 15, 2011Library hours and transportation are hot topics in the upcoming fall Student Government elections.
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SG parties fill election slates
By Clare Lennon | Sep. 6, 2011Slating for Student Senate positions closed Tuesday with 595 applicants for 50 seats.
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City officials talk two-in-one election
By Lisa Jardim | May 30, 2011Gainesville residents might have to wait a little longer to find out the day they are supposed to vote for their future leadership.
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Bottcher, Chase win commission seats
By C.J. Pruner | Apr. 12, 2011Gainesville City Commission candidates Todd Chase and Susan Bottcher came out victorious in their election races Tuesday night, officially ending the local election season and putting two new faces in city hall.
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African-American group endorses Bottcher in run-off
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 21, 2011Rob Zeller and Susan Bottcher admit that they don’t agree on everything.
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Hawkins wins; other races will go to run-off
By C.J. Pruner | Mar. 15, 2011After all the votes were tallied and all the precincts accounted for, one candidate gets to go back to work as a winner, while four others have more work to do.
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Senators validate election results after students claim multiple votes
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 1, 2011Student Body President-Elect Ben Meyers gave his goodbye speech as senate president Tuesday night but noted that he wasn’t going too far away.
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Voter registration deadline is Monday
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 10, 2011If you want to have a say in who will make decisions for Gainesville, you need to register to vote in Alachua County by Monday.
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Senators call for clean campaigning
By CAROLYN TILLO | Feb. 1, 2011Although Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting lasted less than an hour, members of the Unite Party and the Progress Party have hours of work ahead of them as elections loom.
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City Commissioner kicks off re-election campaign
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 26, 2011City Commissioner Thomas Hawkins wants to be your representative for another three years.
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Olbermann should look to Fox for example
By Chris Dodson | Nov. 14, 2010So apparently Keith Olbermann supports Democrats. Fancy that.
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Lackluster campaigns, economy blamed for low turnout
By ANNIE BOGGS | Nov. 11, 2010New polling data shows that less than 25 percent of the on-campus registered voters turned out to vote this November in the midterm elections.
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UF College Republicans and Democrats discuss election turnouts
By Brittany Walters | Nov. 4, 2010The highly contested midterm elections have come to an end, but the parties involved are disagreeing on how students voted.
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UF reacts to Rick Scott victory in governor race
By Mina Radman | Nov. 3, 2010Republican Rick Scott declared victory shortly after Democrat Alex Sink conceded the governor’s race Wednesday morning, and the UF community has differing opinions on the tight win.
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Ballot Breakdown
By Morgan Watkins | Nov. 1, 2010As voters head to the polls on Election Day, beneath the names of high-profile candidates like Rick Scott and Marco Rubio they will see a list of six proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution.
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The time is now: The Alligator encourages students to vote today
By Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 1, 2010Ladies and gents, it all comes down to today.
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Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 28, 2010After an entire week of getting all political on you and educating you on the basics of this critical November voting game, our political pants and Uncle Sam shirts just feel too tight.
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Alachua County citizens protest airboat ordinance
By Wade Milward | Oct. 27, 2010Picketers gathered on the courthouse steps Wednesday to publicly voice their opinions on a proposed airboat curfew.
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CNN bus parks on campus as part of election tour
By Mina Radman | Oct. 21, 2010Students walking along Newell Drive on Thursday may have noticed an unusual vehicle parked behind Marston Science Library.
