Tag: Lee County Supervisor of Elections

Island voters, don’t forget to request a ballot!

June 1, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The countdown is on for the August primary election, and this is a reminder for Lee County voters who are heading up north for the summer – remember to request your absentee ballot. The...

Letter to the Editor: Last call to get early ballots dropped off in Lee County

To the Editor: The deadline to request to vote by mail has now expired. You can still drop your ballot off in person, however. Voted ballots must be physically returned (not just postmarked) to the...

Doyle explains his run for Supervisor of Elections

■ BY TOMMY DOYLE As the campaign season comes to a close, I think it is important to remind people why I decided to run for this office. I am running to fix a series of problems that have existed for...

Rubio favored in primary in Boca Grande and state as well

September 2, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Precinct 18 at the Boca Grande Community Center logged approximately 70 voters in on August 30 primary. Many of them, it appears, were Rubio and Benacquisto supporters. In the Republican...

Voting should never be a burden, an inconvenience or a problem

■ BY CARMEN SALOME When Lyndon Johnson was shepherding the landmark civil rights bills through Congress in 1964 … laws banning discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national...