Elect Darrin E. McGillis Clerk of the Circuit Court

The Miami Herald Candidate wants ballot redone A candidate for Miami-Dade court clerk is asking a judge to order new ballots for the November election, arguing his name was wrongly listed fourth on the ballot instead of third or first. Darrin McGillis, one of three challengers to longtime incumbent Harvey Ruvin, said he was given incorrect information by county election workers when he filed for office. They originally told him candidates would be listed alphabetically, he said, which would place him before Ruvin, Alfredo ''Al'' Perez and Julio Valido. Nonpartisan county races, such as mayor and county commissioner, are listed in alphabetical order. The clerk race, however, is partisan; Ruvin won a Democratic primary in August, and no Republicans ran for the seat. On advice from state elections officials, then-Miami-Dade elections chief Lester Sola decided to follow the same rule used for other partisan races. That would have placed major-party candidates first, then li...

Candidate for Governor Darrin McGillis on NBC TV South Florida with Rick Scott, Alex Sink and Bill McCollum. http://www.mcgillis4governor.com/ In the NBC News clip Darrin is quoted as being in support of legalizing marijuana ( personal use amounts ). This is true, except that Darrin replaces the current law with a five ($5,000) thousand dollar fine versus being arrested, charged and convicted of a criminal offense. This will only apply to personal use amounts, and any person caught with amounts that are not personal use amounts will face Felony arrest and conviction. The goal is to take the resources of professional Law Enforcement away from what is a minor criminal offense and fine those caught with personal use amounts $5,000 - we can use the money collected to put more Law Enforcement officers on the streets to combat the very serious illegal drug distribution problem we have in Florida. Make no mistake Darrin is for stiff prison terms for any person selling any amount of...