First Coast Connect: Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland

Publicly, President Trump calls it “mail-in cheating.” But he, like millions of Americans, has repeatedly availed himself of the ease and efficiency of mail-in voting. With the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly poised to limit mail-in ballots, we ask the local elections supervisor about the practical and political effects of restricting the practice. We also explore how officials are managing election integrity and voting security at a time of peak partisan rancor. Guest: Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland Lanelle Phillmon, president of the League of Women Voters of Jacksonville’s First Coast Finger Mullet Film Festival Puppetry, experimental film and the great outdoors are a favorite focus of award-winning indie filmmaker and Flagler College art professor Patrick Moser. So it’s no surprise that the film festival he founded is steeped in eccentricity and creative energy. We ask him why he wanted to make a local home for screening short, contemporary and foreign films that range from silent and surreal student projects to stop-motion animation by elementary students. This year's Finger Mullet Film Festival features films by students in China, Croatia, England, Iran, Israel, Norway and Portugal and is held from 5 to 10 p.m. April 10 at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum in St. Augustine. Guest: Patrick Moser, Flagler College art professor, founder of the Finger Mullet Film Festival Julie Dickover, director, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum Core friends The Volunteer Life Saving Corps is as much a part of Jacksonville Beach life as salt air and surfing. For more than 100 years, the corps has patrolled and protected the shoreline in their iconic, banded blue swimsuits, recording more than 1,400 rescues, 25,000 first aid cases and more than 1.3 million volunteer hours. The corps historically covered the coast during the hours and seasons when guards with Jacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue were not on duty. A new initiative called Friends of the Corps aims to keep the tradition alive through fundraising and advocacy. Guest: Ryan Karish, captain of the Volunteer Life Saving CorpsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.