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Coffee is for closers. So is Sunburn, your morning rundown of Florida politics.

Late Election Notes in Boca and Delray, BH3 Lawsuit Update and More Photo by Element5 Digital from Pexels Voters who never have cast ballots for elections in Boca Raton and Delray Beach may determine who wins those elections. Though local governments are closest to the people, city elections regularly attract far less turnout than national or state contests. Fifteen percent is high. A quirk could make this year different. Last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic making people wary of polling places, elections supervisors in Florida pushed mail-in ballots. Like many of her state counterparts, We...

BOCA RATON — Boca Raton voters will choose from among six candidates in two nonpartisan city council races March 9, and decide the fate of two charter amendments.   Council members are elected at large to three-year terms. They may serve no more than two consecutive terms. The salary is $28,000 annually, plus a $450 monthly car allowance. A look at the candidates and charter amendments: Boca Raton election: Seat C  Yvette Drucker: Drucker, 45, was appointed over 31 other applicants in October to fill the seat of Jeremy Rodgers, who is on military deployment and whose term expires Ma...

For two at-large seats on the Boca Raton City Council that are up in March's municipal election, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board recommends the incumbents, Yvette Drucker and Monica Mayotte.

Delray Faces Water Crisis and City Manager Search as Elections Approach Facing a crisis involving the city’s water department, Delray Beach has mobilized. As I reported this week, a Jan. 7 draft report by the Florida Department of Health recommends that the city pay a $2.9 million fine for hundreds of violations related to the safety of drinking water. In addition, the department’s proposed consent order recommends that Delray Beach issue a public notice stating that the city “cannot attest” to the safety of its water between 2007 and 2020. So last month the city hired the law firm o...