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The decision will almost certainly keep in place for this year’s elections the controversial 2021 law that created additional hurdles for voters to cast ballots by mail.
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Florida, voting groups at odds over ruling that said election law discriminated against Black votersThe state wants the ruling — which blocked parts of a 2021 elections law — to go to appeal, while the NAACP and other groups want it to remain in effect.
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The judge says the state's Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters. An appeal of the ruling is expected.
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Florida Democratic lawmakers gathered outside the old Capitol building Thursday to rally against GOP-led efforts they say will make voting harder.
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Voting-rights advocates say “secrecy” envelopes would make it harder for Floridians to cast their ballots.
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More than two dozen groups filed lawsuits challenging the measure, saying it's intended to make it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote.
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From the coronavirus pandemic, standardized testing schools and the environment, here are some issues that the legislature will take up this year.
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A number of other groups filed a series of lawsuits challenging the measure (SB 90), passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature this spring as part of GOP leaders’ nationwide attempts to make it more difficult for people to vote by mail.
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Some counties are requesting extra money to cover the costs that will be incurred, including the mandate that ballot drop-off boxes be guarded by an employee of the elections office when in use.
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GOP legislators said the changes were necessary to ensure election security and prevent fraud in future elections.
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The plan is still under fire from Democrats and voting rights groups who say the rest of the bill makes it harder for Floridians to vote.
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Florida's vote count was clear-cut, but that's not the case in other part of the country.