As Republican lawmakers aim for highly restrictive voting overhauls for mass voter suppression, election officials in the state of Florida are aggressively pushing back against them. Although state officials previously boasted about Florida s robust mail-in voting system and how it served as an exam.
Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill That Would Eliminate Voter Drop Boxes
A Florida Senate committee approved a reworked elections bill that would ban drop boxes used for mail-in ballots.
The panel on March 10 voted 4–2 to approve the proposal, known as Committee Substitute Senate Bill 90, which would among other initiatives prohibit an immediate family member from picking up a voter’s ballot. It would also require vote-by-mail ballots to be requested during each election cycle instead of every two election cycles.
The bill also increases the requirements for voter identification when requesting a mail-in ballot via telephone, and would prevent election officials from sending mail-in ballots to people who hadn’t requested them first.
Pasco city council candidate slates set for April elections
Voters in New Port Richey and Port Richey have choices to make.
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Updated Feb. 25
Residents of New Port Richey and Port Richey will select city council members in the April 13 municipal elections, but all other city and town positions in Pascoâs incorporated areas were filled without challenge by the end of the qualifying period.
In New Port Richey, there are three seats to be filled.
Peter Altman won the seat to complete the final year of Jeff Starkeyâs term, who left the council several months ago when he moved out of the city. No other candidates qualified for that position.
Gus Bilirakis explains (sort of) his support of Texas lawsuit to overturn election results
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis wouldnât answer questions about why he signed on to a brief in support of the Texas lawsuit, but put out a statement that asserted he wanted to ârestore confidenceâ in the electoral process.
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By William March
UPDATE:
Rep. Gus Bilirakis is one of more than 100 Republican members of Congress who have signed a legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a Texas lawsuit to overturn the presidential election results.
Bilirakis, of Palm Harbor, was one of 10 Florida members of Congress who are joining in the last-ditch attempt to subvert Joe Bidenâs defeat of Donald Trump in November.