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General provisions of the act include: [11] Regulating behaviour of state officials in civil actions which effect Florida's election law: Making it so that in any litigation challenging the validity of a provision of the Florida Electoral Code in which a Florida government official is a party, the official (or anyone working on their behalf) must communicate in writing details of any proposed ...
Florida previously had rigorous felony disenfranchisement laws that denied approximately 400,000 people the privilege of voting [2] In 2007, at the urging of Gov. Charlie Crist, the laws were relaxed, allowing hundreds of thousands of non-violent offenders to regain their voting rights after having served their prison terms. [3]
In 2020, Florida voted 7.8 points right of the nation as a whole, the furthest it has voted from the nation since 1988, and it was the first election since 1992 that Florida backed the losing candidate. In 2022, Republicans won their largest statewide victories since Reconstruction and neared 60% of the vote.
A string of stricter voting laws have passed in Florida since 2020 in which Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida Legislature have reduced drop box numbers and access, increased ID regulations ...
The primary on Aug. 23 is the first major statewide election under the state’s controversial new laws that govern voting. Here is what you need to know to successfully cast a ballot. Q: What are ...
28 states have voting laws allowing employees to take off a few hours during the workday to cast a ballot.
In 2018, Florida voters passed Amendment 4, which extended voting rights to most former felons who had completed their sentences. [13] Despite passing with 65% of the vote, state officials were slow to implement the updated guidelines, preventing many newly eligible voters from voting for several years. [ 14 ]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged there were no ...