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Two dozen of Tuesday’s winners in Senate and House races do not have general-election opponents or face only write-in opponents, who typically receive only a few votes. That comes on top of 40 legislative candidates who ran without any opposition in this year’s races.

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.

Disputing that the Florida Legislature acted in “bad faith,” attorneys for various groups urged a federal appeals court this week to overturn a ruling that said a 2021 elections law was intended to discriminate against Black Floridians.

The U.S. Department of State recently announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on foreign interference in elections.

Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration want a federal court to toss out a challenge to a new congressional redistricting plan — or put the lawsuit on hold while other redistricting cases are resolved.

One of the largest gatherings of election officials in Florida history recently took outside Orlando. It happened right as voting experts got the surprising news that a federal judge had struck down major portions of an election law approved a year ago.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that parts of a 2021 state elections law were intended to discriminate against Black Floridians. The judge also made the rare move of putting Florida under a process known as “preclearance,” meaning that he will have to approve any changes to certain provisions to the state’s elections laws.

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.

Alleging discrimination against Black and Latino voters, a coalition of groups has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida elections law that includes additional restrictions on voting by mail.

A controversial elections bill focused largely on the state’s vote-by-mail process underwent an overhaul Thursday, but critics say it still poses unnecessary barriers to voters. The revamped proposal, which addresses issues such as the use of mail-in ballot drop boxes and signature verification, relaxes some restrictions included in an earlier version.