Category: Government

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reminds Historic City News readers that the November 5th General Election will be here soon, so, it’s time to get “election ready” and make your voting plan.  There have been a few changes this year, but Oakes tells local reporters that the improvements are designed to make…

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Recent changes to election laws governing verification of voter signatures on mail-in ballots are a factor in why the St Johns County Supervisor of Elections office has so far rejected 6.9% of those ballots as of Thursday morning.  Historic City News has learned that signature rejections locally are much higher than the statewide average of…

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With the arrival of their Friday morning mail, local Historic City News reporters found themselves asking, “Will the real St Johns County Republican Executive Committee please stand up?”  In a criminal act of blatant voter fraud, the scale of which has not been seen in recent history, registered Republicans throughout St Johns County discovered obscure,…

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Historic City News confirmed with St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes, that the following candidates will appear on ballots already being circulated by mail to eligible voters as well as those to be used in the Early Voting process.  TODAY, August 8th at 5:00pm, is the deadline to request that a vote-by-mail ballot…

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The Palm Valley and Ponte Vedra Beach community associations recently invited Historic City News readers to attend a two-part series of forums hosting candidates for St Johns County commission seats.

The media relations office of St Johns County reported to Historic City News that all departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St. Johns County administrative offices, library branches and bookmobile, the Supervisor of Elections’ Office, the Property Appraiser’s Office, the Tax Collector’s Office, and the Clerk of Courts and County Comptroller’s…

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Historic City News readers in District 19 will elect a replacement for outgoing Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Paul Renner.  Two new candidates, Sam Greco of unincorporated St Johns County, and Matthew Nellans who lives in Ormond Beach on the Flagler County side of the border with Volusia County, have joined the race.