FL: Orange Democrats form election protection team amid supervisor's departure
ORLANDO, Fla. – The retirement of Orange County’s longtime supervisor of elections has Democrats fearing whomever Gov. DeSantis will put in the office.
Elections Supervisor Bill Cowles announced Friday that he would retire in January after the special election for Florida House District 35.
Within hours of the announcement, county Democrats announced the formation of an election protection committee to monitor election-related activities throughout 2024. It’s the first time the county party has had such a committee.
Orange County Democratic Party Chair Samuel Vilchez Santiago described Cowles, a Democrat, as a fair and nonpartisan administrator for his office, which he was first elected to in 1996. Vilchez Santiago says he is hoping the governor will appoint someone experienced in elections, preferably someone already working in from Cowles’ office.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/12/16/orange-democrats-form-election-protection-team-amid-supervisors-departure/