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Polling locations in Lee County have been reduced from 97 to only 12 due to impacts from Hurricane Ian. Lee County Elections officials are urging voters to cast their ballots before November 8 to avoid long wait times.

A combination of new election laws and congressional redistricting has made it harder for Black communities in Florida to organize and vote, activists say.

Early voting sites in Florida will be open through Saturday.

The felons were previously charged with murder or sexual assault, according to the governor. As such, Amendment Four does not apply to them and they are not allowed to vote under Florida law,.

AARP Florida Director of Advocacy Zayne Smith has tracked the changes in Florida’s elections laws. She discusses what voters can expect.

Voting-rights advocates say “secrecy” envelopes would make it harder for Floridians to cast their ballots.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discussed Gov. Ron DeSantis' reaction to separate incidents in Orlando and Miami, and a trial that got underway this week over the state’s new voting law.

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.

Gov. DeSantis said he wants the Florida Legislature to consider creating a state-level office that would investigate and prosecute election-related crimes, including ballot harvesting.

"I mean, this is happening not just in Florida, but it's Florida, Georgia, Texas, other states," Crist said. "And so that's why you have the federal government. You have to come in and stop these Jim Crow laws that they're passing to discriminate."

To get on the 2022 ballot, the committees would need to submit 891,589 valid petition signatures for each initiative and receive approval of the proposed ballot wording from the Florida Supreme Court.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure live on Fox News. It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election.