The bogus voter guide appeared just before the GOP primary in St. John's County.
The bogus voter guide appeared just before the GOP primary in St. John's County.There's a political storm brewing on Florida's Atlantic Coast, just outside of Jacksonville.
According to Cook, the glossy handout had a thickness, color scheme and font like the official voter guides put out by the local Republican party in June. And though it purported to be the "official 2024 membership-approved endorsements" of the county Republican party, it had a very different list of candidates from the ones the party had announced support for.
Cook says he has asked law enforcement to investigate the fraudulent pamphlets -- and that he would pursue legal action against those responsible. Long before the mailers appeared, the St. John's primary had already stirred up bad blood over the question of who truly champions Republican policies and principles. At issue: the speed of local land development in one of the nation's fastest-growing and most influential areas, awash in campaign cash and high-dollar real estate deals.
Scherff said the resulting controversy enveloped the race -- and that she had no idea where the bogus guides came from. Joseph is not up for reelection this year -- but last November, at a commissioners' board meeting, she wanted to remind everyone who was. "Simply because a person is an elected official, such as a County Commissioner, this rightful freedom to speak out so as to inform the electorate cannot be restricted," Judge Schlesinger wrote in his July 10 decision granting a preliminary injunction. "The threatened prosecution is chilling Commissioner Joseph's political speech in the last months of the primary election when this speech is most meaningful.
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