Tag Archive | "Voting Rights"

Rick Scott: We Need More Early Voting Days


Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott admitted that an important provision in the voting law he signed in 2011 is flawed.

Published in Blog, Government, Politics

Charlie Crist to Testify About Florida Voting in Senate Committee


Ashley Lopez: On Wednesday, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will testify in front of a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about the state’s election laws and procedures following this year’s disastrous presidential election.

Published in Blog, Government, Politics

Know Your Rights Before You Vote


Ashley Lopez: The polls may close before you’re able to vote or another voter may challenge your right to cast a ballot. Do you know your rights as a Florida voter?

Published in Government, Politics

Federal Court Strikes Down Florida’s Early Voting Restrictions


Ashley Lopez: The federal court tasked with pre-clearing Florida’s new election law ruled on Thursday that the state’s cuts to early voting days could disproportionately hurt minority voters.

Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics

Voting Rights Battles Re-emerge in the South


Nick Andersen, Kassondra Cloos and Caitlin O’Donnell: Photo ID laws and other new voting restrictions in a number of Southern states raise questions about impact on minorities.

Published in Government, Politics

Disabled and Elderly Voters Face New Hurdles at Polls


Emily Nohr and Alissa Skelton: Without drivers licenses and facing inaccessible polling places, some elderly and disabled people give up trying to vote.

Published in Government, Politics

ACLU: More Than 13,000 Floridians Are Eligible to Vote and May Not Know It


Ashley Lopez: Thousands of felons in Florida may not know that their voting rights have been restored because the state hasn’t notified them.

Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics

Another Lawsuit Filed Over Florida Voting Law


Ashley Lopez: A state senator, the ACLU of Florida and the National Council of La Raza filed a legal challenge against the state for having two sets of voting laws in Florida.

Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics

Five Months Shy of Presidential Election, Groups Again Registering Voters in Florida


Ashley Lopez: In big news this week was an announcement by the League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote that they will resume voter registration in Florida.

Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics

Justice Department to Florida: Stop Voter Purge


Howard Goodman: The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered Florida to halt its effort to purge noncitizens from the voter rolls.

Published in Blog, Government, Justice, Politics

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