Florida Senate approves tweaks to elections system
Only one Republican voted against the bill, which now heads to the House.
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A poll worker wears personal protective equipment as she monitors a ballot drop box for mail-in ballots outside of a polling station during early voting, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Miami Beach. [ LYNNE SLADKY | AP ]
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TALLAHASSEE â Florida senators voted mostly along party lines Monday to approve a controversial bill that would make dozens of changes to Floridaâs vote-by-mail laws.
Following nearly an hour of debate that included accusations by Democrats that the measures amounted to voter suppression, the Senate voted 23-17 to send the bill to the House of Representatives, which is advancing a similar measure.
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