Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office confirmed, on the same day that photos of him in blackface at a party nearly 15 years ago were ...

On Thursday, Florida’s Secretary of State Michael Ertel, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis just weeks earlier, entered in his resignation after photos of him in blackface, as a Hurricane ...

Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel, pictured here, resigned on Thursday after photos of him dressed in blackface, as a Hurricane Katrina victim, years ago, surfaced.

The newly appointed Florida secretary of state has resigned after photos showing him dressed in blackface more than a decade ago have emerged.. Michael Ertel, who was appointed late last month by ...

Florida secretary of state Laurel Lee speaks at pre-legislative news conference on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants his state to set up a system that ...

Florida Sends SOS On Elections. October 17, 2002 / 6:06 AM EDT / AP Florida has issued a call for help to the U.S. Justice Department as it tries to shake off yet another election fiasco. In a ...

Florida counties face a deadline for machine recounts. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris about the similarly contentious 2000 presidential election.

Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd said that Florida’s election results will be known by the time “you go to bed tonight.”. Byrd shared in a Tuesday briefing that, so far, 560,000 Florida ...

Former Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee on Tuesday joined a growing Republican field of candidates in the redrawn Congressional District 15, which covers parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk ...

As part of his duties as secretary of state, Mr. Ertel was in charge of the state’s effort to restore voting rights to 1.4 million ex-felons, which Florida voters approved in November.