Approximately two million Floridians voted by mail during last month s primary election.
TALLAHASSEE - With Democrats likening the measure to Jim Crow-era practices aimed at keeping Black people from voting, the state Senate on Monday passed an elections package that would make it harder for Floridians to cast ballots by mail.
A single Republican - Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg - crossed party lines to join Senate Democrats in voting against the bill, with opponents arguing that it would impose unnecessary restrictions that would have a disproportionately negative impact on Black, Hispanic and older voters.
The Florida proposal (SB 90) is among an onslaught of elections-related legislation being considered or passed by Republican-led state houses throughout the country. The GOP-backed measures are a response to former President Donald Trump’s election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in November, as millions of people - including in Florida - opted to vote by mail amid the coro
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Derrick Chauvin murdered
George Floyd, the hammer of justice sounded loudly on all three counts he faced.
The video of Chauvin’s neck on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes was damning enough. There was more, though. Throughout the ordeal, the smug, superior expression on Chauvin’s face told volumes about the disregard he had for Floyd’s life.
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This wasn’t a routine arrest over Floyd’s passing of a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin’s action that day was racism at its diabolical worst.
Beach smoking ban goes up in smoke
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Efforts to stop smoking on some of Florida’s top beaches have been snuffed out again.
Legislation empowering local governments to limit smoking in publicly owned outdoor spaces died after the Senate Rules Committee did not hear it. Sen.
Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, has filed some iteration of the bill (
Gruters acknowledged the bill this year is “dead.” It did clear two committees in the Senate, but a companion bill (
Thad Altman, an Indiatlantic Republican, only made it through
Siesta Key has multiple times been ranked the
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