Elections
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DeSoto County Seat Moves from Pine Level to Arcadia
DeSoto County was split off from Manatee County in 1887. The new county included what is now Hardee, Highlands, Glades, […]
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Avon Park City Council Throws Out All Black Votes in 1951 Election
The good old boy system of Avon Park was shaken to its core in 1949. That September, five out of […]
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Ocoee On Fire: The 1920 Election Day Massacre
A quiet Florida citrus town became the scene of a gruesome racial cleansing that purged the black population for over […]