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Increasing inclusivity in voting
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and NAACP President Derrick Johnson examine diversity at the ballot box and the effects of voter suppression by way of changing election laws.Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images, FILE
Following the first recent election cycle where Democrats outpaced Republicans in voting-by-mail, lawmakers in Florida are working down to the wire to make changes to state voting laws.
The Florida Senate passed a bill Monday that, in part, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and changes the number of elections a single vote-by-mail application covers. One Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes broke with his party, joining Democrats, who universally opposed the legislation.
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A provision in the proposed Florida law would have required dropboxes like this one outside the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office to be monitored. (Grace Banahan/WUFT News)
Florida Supervisors of Elections Oppose Controversial Voting Bill ‘SB 90’
By Grace Banahan
April 21, 2021
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature is calling for increased voting regulations, including limiting ballot drop-off box hours and requiring a wet signature on file. All 67 of Florida’s Supervisors of Elections oppose the bill.
The election administration bill, SB 90, has currently passed through all three of its Senate committees, but was postponed on its second reading on Tuesday. Its comparable bill in the House, HB 7041, has passed through two of its three committees and resides in the House State Affairs Committee.
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