Politics Reporter

Anthony Man

Anthony Man is the Sun Sentinel's political writer. Concentrating on local political people, parties and trends, he also covers state and national politics from a South Florida perspective. He previously covered Palm Beach County government and made repeated reporting trips to Tallahassee. He has also covered state and local politics in Illinois.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga, speaks to a colleague with her "Trump Won" face mask pulled down below her mouth on the floor of the House before taking the oath of office on opening day of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2021. A newly unearthed Facebook post reveals she viewed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre as a "false flag" operation. Her claim is false.

QAnon-promoting congresswoman claimed Stoneman Douglas massacre was ‘false flag’ operation

January 27, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican QAnon conspiracy promoter, wrote on Facebook that the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre was a "false flag" operation. Her claim, from 2018,...

Hundreds of people were lined up during the last hour of early voting at Lantana Road Library in Palm Beach County on Nov. 1, 2020. Many more Florida voters voted early and by mail for the 2020 presidential election than in 2016.

Even with massive Florida voter turnout so far, the presidential race hinges on who shows up at the polls Tuesday

November 3, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Voters in Florida, determined to make their voices heard in the presidential election, continued to smash voting records over the weekend. Now it all comes down to who shows up...

The Florida state flag hands behind Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks at Southwest Focal Point Community Center in Pembroke Pines on Tuesday.

‘We win Florida, and it’s all over,’ Biden tells voters in socially distanced campaign trip

October 13, 2020 at 11:53 p.m.

Joe Biden offered a stark contrast to President Donald Trump during a visit to Broward County Tuesday, keeping his mask on as he courted seniors in Pembroke Pines and firing...

Broward's elections Canvassing Board, including Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci (lower left) and County Commissioner Michael Udine (in light blue jacket) watch over the logic and accuracy test of ballot-counting machines at the Broward Elections headquarters in Lauderhill, on Sept. 24, 2020. Once the test was completed, Antonacci's staff was allowed to begin processing vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential election.

Florida, for once, could be a beacon of clarity on Election Night. Or will it be just another cluster of chaos?

November 4, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Florida's gotten it wrong so many times, it may finally know how to get it right. For two decades, Florida's election snafus have repeatedly made the state a national laughingstock...

A Miami-Dade County Elections Department employee loads a cart of vote-by-mail ballots into a truck for transport to a local U.S. Postal Service office on Oct. 1, 2020, in Doral. The department mailed out more than 530,000 vote-by-mail ballots to voters that requested them for the Nov. 3 general election. Broward and Palm Beach counties sent out most of their ballots a week earlier, and voters immediately started filling them out and sending them back.

Florida Democrats rushing to vote, topping Republicans in early mail ballots

October 5, 2020 at 6:14 p.m.

From the moment ballots began arriving in Florida voters' mailboxes a week ago, charged-up Democrats started voting as early as they possibly could — outpacing Republicans two-to-one so far, a...

A cart containing some of the approximately 250,000 vote-by-mail ballots that went out from the Broward elections headquarters in Lauderhill, on Sept. 24, 2020. Thousands of voters have quickly completed and returned their ballots in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

‘I really want to make sure my vote counts.’ More than 43,000 ballots already cast in South Florida

September 30, 2020 at 1:10 a.m.

Nothing that happens between Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump on the debate stage Tuesday night can change the votes of more than 43,000 Broward and Palm Beach county...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump.

Close Florida race puts Biden just 3 points ahead of Trump in first post-convention poll

September 3, 2020 at 9:15 p.m.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is tied with President Donald Trump in Florida with less than four weeks until mail voting begins and less than nine weeks until election day....

Long lines to vote in person, as occurred at Pembroke Lakes Elementary School in Pembroke Pines on Nov. 6, 2012, occur much less often than they used to because more people vote by mail or use regional early voting centers before Election Day. President Donald Trump has suggested that people vote by mail and then attempt to vote in person to see if security protocols preventing double voting actually work. If enough people went along with the president's idea, it could produce delays for everyone else.

If Trump supporters follow his suggestion and attempt to vote twice, polling place chaos could occur

September 3, 2020 at 8:06 p.m.

If a significant number of Florida voters follow President Donald Trump's suggestion and attempt to vote twice, it could lengthen lines at neighborhood polling places and increase the potential for...

A worker logs information from a voter's request for a mail-in-ballot at the Broward County Voter Equipment Center in Lauderhill on July 9. South Florida voters are breaking records for mail voting, as many are reluctant to use early voting and election day voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even people who have voted by mail need to know about the latest rules for Florida mail voting, contained in this guide, which also explains absentee voting.

Here’s how to make sure your mail-in ballot gets counted in South Florida

August 17, 2020 at 6:43 p.m.

With the coronavirus pandemic raising concerns about how people can safely vote in 2020, Florida voters are breaking records for voting by mail. The first big test is the Aug....

Trump’s press secretary makes inaccurate claim about why president voted by mail in Palm Beach County

May 22, 2020 at 1:37 p.m.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed Wednesday that the reason President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida's presidential primary is that his job kept him away from his...

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