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The important day has arrived for Historic City News readers. Unless you have taken advantage of one of the available options for early voting, you must cast your ballot in today’s General Election in person and you must do it at your assigned local precinct. All polling places are open today, Tuesday November 6, 2024,…

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Historic City News verified the following results with the St Johns County supervisor of elections as of 8:09 AM Wednesday morning.

Historic City News readers who vote in St Johns County, the City of St Augustine and the City of St Augustine Beach, begin early in-person voting today and for the next 13 days including two Saturdays and one Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm.

Denver Cook, the man who ran against St Johns County Clerk of Court, Brandon Patty, and lost in the closed Republican Primary Election, August 20th, has been on the hotseat and at the center of controversy at the county Republican Party since the day he presented himself as a candidate to succeed removed chairman Blake…

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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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