Voting law

The governor's executive order allows supervisors to make changes in Charlotte, Citrus, Dixie, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota and Taylor counties.

Opponents say the Exact Match protocol causes a disproportionately high number of people of color to be disqualified from voting.

The judge issued a permanent injunction against the part that targeted non-citizens, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.

A federal appeals panel heard arguments Thursday in a challenge to a 2023 law that imposes restrictions on groups that collect voter-registration applications.

Despite a couple of trouble-free election cycles in Florida, proposed legislation would create more restrictions around the voting process.

Governor Ron DeSantis made a spectacle of arresting voters with felony convictions. Now, some eligible voters are opting out of midterms even beyond Florida.

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.

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.

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.