As Americans exercise their right to vote in presidential primaries, caucuses and conventions, candidates face questions from voters on a wide range of issues, including religious faith. When it comes to this issue, what should they be looking for?

Local governments throughout the Sunshine State, with its open records law, moved closer to being required to hear from their residents before voting on any topic.

The Senate Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections on Wednesday supported SB 206, by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, to require boards and commissions to hear from residents during the discussion phase.

Despite his four decades on the Florida political stage, Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is in for a tough fight as he seeks a third term in 2012, according to a poll released on Wednesday from Quinnipiac University.

When matched up against Republican hopeful U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, whose father held the Senate seat for two terms, Nelson takes 41 percent while the GOP congressman has 40 percent.

President Barack Obama is upside down in Florida, a state he carried in 2008 and is targeting in 2012 as he runs for a second term, according to a poll from Quinnipiac University released on Wednesday morning.

A majority of Floridians -- 54 percent -- disapprove of Obamas performance in the White House. Forty-two percent of those surveyed approve of Obama.

The poll also found that a majority of Floridians -- 52 percent -- do not think that Obama deserves a second term in the White House. Forty-four percent of those surveyed think that Obama deserves four more years.

Despite increasing speculation that Bob Graham is mapping out a run against Rick Scott in 2014, the former U.S. senator and two-term governor emphatically denied he has any further personal interest in the governor's office.

"No way," Graham told Sunshine State News on Tuesday. "I have no intention of running for office again. I've had my last campaign."

Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, becoming the first non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate to win both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire presidential primary.

With 92 percent of all votes counted, Romney led with 39.3 percent, followed by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas with 22.9 percent. Former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah stood in third with 16.9 percent.

Dont expect any controversial overhaul of Floridas university system in the recently started legislative session, even after the House speaker on Tuesday morning evoked Gov. Rick Scott in calling for the system to be given a serious review.

House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, and Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, both would later in the day say the process may take several sessions to complete.

Citing noise and chanting earlier in the day, the Senate Sergeant at Arms on Tuesday denied Senate viewing gallery access to a group loosely defined as Occupy Tallahassee.

The decision by Sergeant at Arms Don Severance caused a flurry of activity in the afternoon as a group occupied a space just outside the Senate press gallery for a few hours after the session adjourned for the day.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- They are nearing 70 now, the 11 men who were 12-year-old boys in 1955 and who are remembered for the baseball games they could not play. They were -- actually, with their matching blue blazers and striped ties, they still are -- members of the Cannon Street All Stars.