Election security

Legislation further tightening Florida’s voting laws made it through its first committee stop this week. It includes one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priorities: the inclusion of a 15-person group of investigators to examine possible voting crimes.

GOP legislators said the changes were necessary to ensure election security and prevent fraud in future elections.

Cecile Scoon, the President of the League of Women Voters of Florida, discussed the obstacles a new law poses to voters on Friday.

The federal lawsuit challenges Florida's new election laws.

The legislation includes changes to how vote-by-mail works, limits secure drop box use, and restricts who can hand out food and water to voters in line.

GOP-led legislatures in dozens of states are moving to change election laws in ways that could make it harder to vote, for example, by reducing early voting days or limiting access to voting by mail.

The governor said that Florida held the “smoothest and most successful election of any state” in November, but he said the state can’t “rest on our laurels.”

President Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

Voters and national security officials are focused as never before on assuring the security of the election. Here's what you need to know in the final days of voting.

Supervisors of elections, legal analysts and voting-rights organizations are holding news conferences, urging journalists to assure voters that processes are in place for a smooth election, even if the results might not be known on Election Day.

Democrats in Nevada have been scrambling to adjust their plans, in response to the debacle in Iowa. Early voting opens on Saturday with the state's full caucus set for one week later.

Our nation's democratic elections are being threatened like never before. Florida Matters this week takes a look at how our ballots are being protected -…