Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election

A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled.....MORE

Federal Court Won’t Rehear Florida Elections Law Fight

In a victory for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislators, a full federal appeals court Thursday declined to take up a challenge to a 2021 Florida elections law that opponents contend discriminated against Black voters.....MORE

Dearth of mail-in ballot requests raises fears of voter disenfranchisement

New legislation meant all mail-in ballot requests expired on Jan. 1.

Six months since prior vote-by-mail requests expired, just a fraction of voters have renewed their absentee request, arousing fear that millions of Floridians could discover too late that their ballot is not arriving in the mail.

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Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Florida voter registration changes

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction targeting aspects of changes to election law passed by the Legislature this year, after a hearing last week in which plaintiffs made their case against changes that they said violated the Constitution by stopping third party voter registration organizations from doing their work.....MORE

Legislature approves elections bill with resign-to-run fix for Gov. DeSantis

An elections bill that hikes fines on third-party voter registration groups, shortens the window to return mail ballots and ensures Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t need to resign to run for President passed the House and is on its way to DeSantis’ desk.

Democrats say the bill is 'designed to keep communities down and apathetic and hopeless.'

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State Senate passes controversial Florida elections changes

The Florida Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping elections bill aimed at continuing Republican leaders’ efforts to crack down on voter-registration groups and ensuring Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t have to resign from office to run for president.....MORE

Florida Dems Beware

Trump is scheming to retain power in the event of an electoral loss in November, according to a former Senator from Colorado.

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Trump will attempt to retain power through voter suppression. The Senator alleges there is a strategy to suppress voter turnout by purging voters - especially inner-city voters - from registration rolls and to suppress mail-in voting. He also believes physical polling locations will be limited, especially in urban areas, in an effort to create long lines on Election Day and discourage voting. HERE

Lewis Black - Fuck! Voter Suppression