Florida Voting Integrity Bill Immediately Faces Lawsuits After Becoming Law
A Florida bill that seeks to protect the integrity of elections has been hit with legal challenges immediately after it became law.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law the Republican-backed Senate Bill 90 that adds safeguards to the way people vote using ballot drop boxes and mail-in ballots. The bill has been heavily opposed by civil rights activists and Democrats, who argue that the measure disproportionately burdens African American and Latino voters’ right to vote, which they say amounts to voter suppression.
Shortly after the law was enacted, several voting rights groups filed two separate lawsuits seeking to block the enforcement of the law and declare that the measure violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law.
Rights Groups Target Mail-In Ballot-Restricting Florida Voting Bill With Lawsuits
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The Florida voting bill passed through the state House and Senate nearly along partisan lines on April 29.
Two lawsuits have been filed by voting rights groups targeting the Florida Republicans’ SB 90 election administration bill after it was signed into law by Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The SB 90 bill restricts vote-by-mail and ballot drop boxes. It also restricts solicitations near polling places, the self-funding of political campaigns, and how people not registered with a political party can register their candidacy.
One of the lawsuits filed just moments after the law’s signature claims that SB 90 “purports to solve problems that do not exist”.