Florida voters have three key dates before the Aug. 18 primary: Aug. 6 for mailed-ballot requests, Aug. 8-15 for mandatory early voting and Aug. 18 for ballot receipt.
Florida’s 12.97% SNAP error rate remains above the federal threshold for future state cost sharing. New reporting and oversight deadlines begin August 1.
A Leon County judge dismissed Jay Collins’ residency challenge, keeping James Fishback on Florida’s Aug. 18 Republican primary ballot unless an appellate court intervenes.
Florida executed James Aren Duckett and Dominick Anthony Occhicone on July 28, 2026, marking the state’s first same-day double execution since 1964.
July 7, 2026: the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction barring Florida from enforcing Stop W.O.K.E. higher-ed classroom limits while the case proceeds.
