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East Gainesville pastor joins Black clergymen to lobby against Florida Senate vote-by-mail bill


East Gainesville pastor joins Black clergymen to lobby against Florida Senate vote-by-mail bill
State leaders believe Senate Bill 90 would make it harder for Black voters to cast ballots
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The Independent Florida Alligator
Florida lawmakers are looking to make revisions to vote-by-mail. But an East Gainesville pastor worries these revisions could be restrictive to voters in vulnerable communities.
Senate Bill 90, filed by Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, would eliminate vote-by-mail drop boxes and make it so voters have to re-register for vote-by-mail ballots more frequently. 
“We see this past campaign as a stellar one, bringing out record numbers of people,” Karl Anderson, a 47-year-old senior pastor at Upper Room Ministri ....

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