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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.

Critics say the measure could make it harder for some to cast their ballots.

State GOP leaders’ push to amend the elections process mimics efforts underway in other Republican-led states following Trump’s re-election defeat in November.

Democrats used vote-by-mail ballots extensively in the last election.

They say the proposal would force them to spend a lot of money notifying voters to renew their absentee ballot requests every year.

Florida's vote count was clear-cut, but that's not the case in other part of the country.

The governor sees Florida as a model for other states.

Rules in several key states don't allow election workers to begin processing or counting mail-in ballots until Election Day, so the winners may not be declared for days.

Voters only have a couple more days to cast their early votes. Here's a map of where and when they can do so across the greater Tampa Bay region.

She said that while there’s typically a lot of litigation in an election year, this time there’s a ‘bumper crop’ because of COVID-19.

Election experts say there is no longer enough time to ensure ballots sent through the mail will be delivered in time. They're encouraging voters to deliver their ballots by hand or vote in person.

Americans have cast 93 million early ballots as of Sunday afternoon, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.