Category: Government

The August Primary Election has been certified according to a report from St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes. She told Historic City News local reporters that they are already preparing for the November General Election.  If you think your vote does not count, just recall the General Election of 2016, when Paul Waldron,…

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Early voting attracted almost 18,000 participants on Tuesday August 18 in St Johns County, according to information obtained by Historic City News from the elections office.  However, more than 25,000 mail-in ballots were counted.

With 48 of 48 precincts reporting, Historic City News was informed by the Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, of the results of the following local elections. These are unofficial results and are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. They include partial vote by mail, early voting and Election Day but do not include provisional ballots.

During last week’s St Augustine city commission video conference call, conducted in lieu of traditional public meetings in the Alcazar Room of City Hall, a simple question raised by Commissioner John Valdes concerning the condition of the 1879 Confederate Memorial to be moved, triggered an abrupt response from Nancy Sikes-Kline, leading her at one point…

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Vicky Oakes, St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, contacted Historic City News editor Michael Gold as she concluded all “early voting” activity at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening.  She announced that there is no early voting on Sunday or Monday, the day before Election Day.

On Monday, August 10, in a 3-2 decision, the City Commission voted to relocate the Confederate memorial, which is currently located in the Plaza de la Constitución, to Trout Creek Fish Camp, located at 6550 SR-13, St. Augustine, Florida.

Early voting in St Johns County is off to a particularly good start, according to Vicky Oakes, St Johns County’s Supervisor of Elections.  She told Historic City News editor Michael Gold in a telephone interview this morning that she is pleased with how smoothly her additional part-time staff is working out.

At their June 22, 2020 meeting, Historic City News reported that the St. Augustine City Commission approved the relocation of the Confederate memorial to a new location such as a cemetery or private property.  This decision also included authorization to temporarily store the memorial in a stable environment if a permanent location could not be…

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