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Federal Appeals Court Sides With Florida Legislature, Upholding Restrictions on Voter Assistance and Mail-In Voting

September 26, 2023December 29, 2023

September 21st, a federal appeals court refused to rehear a challenge to Florida’s restrictive voting law SB 90, letting an April 2023 appeals decision stand. Florida voters who use mail-in voting should be paying attention.

Florida Just Purged its List of Absentee Ballot Requestors, Forcing Millions of Voters to Reapply

July 26, 2023December 30, 2023

If you voted in the midterms by absentee ballot in Florida last year, your automatic request, along with millions of others, may no longer be valid for 2024, due to a new law requiring that absentee ballot requests expire in two years, rather than four.

American Democracy Minute for May 9, 2022: Federal court of appeals issues sides with State of FL on Voting Rights Case

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

We reported last week that the Secretary of State in Florida had held up portions of SB 54, awaiting a court case involving another Florida voter suppression bill, SB 90, signed into law last year by Governor Ron Desantis. It put further restrictions on the use of drop boxes and the role of groups facilitating voter registration.