Orlando Sentinel's Florida Nov. 8 election endorsements
Orlando Sentinel’s recommendations and endorsements for Florida’s general election, including Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties.
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Orlando Sentinel’s recommendations and endorsements for Florida’s general election, including Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties.
Nov. 8 is Election Day. You can vote on that day, or vote early or by mail. Check this list of local, regional and statewide races for Lake County.
The Orlando Sentinel recommends that voters retain 5th District Court of Appeal judges Brian D. Lambert (currently chief judge of the 5th DCA), James A. Edwards, Jay Cohen, Dan Traver and Carrie Ann Wozniak, and not retain Judge Mary Alice Nardella.
In an attempt to improve the judicial process, the Florida Supreme Court recommended in November 2021 the addition of a sixth district court of appeal. The court’s recommendation was...
A rare sight in Florida. (Scott Beale) An appeals court Friday sided with a Sumter County high-school teacher who challenged a school-district policy that barred him from having a gun in his car on campus. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal overturned a circuit judge’s ruling that Jonathan Forrester was not “adversely affected” by the policy. State law generally prevents people from carrying guns on school grounds. But the law has exceptions, including allowing people to have guns in cars if the firearms are secured. However, school districts can approve policies th...