Vote by mail

The state legislature passed a law in 2021 that limits mail-in ballots to one per election cycle.

Vote-by-mail ballots should be hitting Leon County mailboxes this week. Supervisor of Elections Mark Early announced his office is sending out more than 63,000 ballots.

The Biden administration has urged a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that found parts of a Florida elections law discriminate against Black voters.

Early voting continues in Leon County this weekend. Nearly 1.8 million Floridians had cast ballots as of Friday morning in Tuesday’s primary elections, according to the Florida Division of Elections website.

Democratic attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to reject restrictions that Florida Republicans placed last year on election drop boxes.

Florida House and Senate Republicans could be ready to pass an elections plan that includes creating a new state office to investigate voting irregularities, boosting penalties for wrongdoing, and looking at changes in the vote-by-mail system.

Florida Senate Republicans are revamping a controversial elections bill, including scaling back proposed changes to mail-in voting.

The Democratic state senator has launched a campaign to increase the number of Black and brown voters in Florida who use vote-by mail.

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to ask lawmakers for more “election integrity reforms” during next year’s legislative session, as he has resisted pressure from within the Republican Party to audit the 2020 elections.

Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, wants to change the law to require every voter to ask for a mail ballot in every calendar year there’s an election.