Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott admitted that an important provision in the voting law he signed in 2011 is flawed.
Published on December 20, 2012.
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
Published on December 19, 2012.
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
Published on October 29, 2012.
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
Published on August 17, 2012.
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
Published on August 17, 2012.
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
Published on August 16, 2012.
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
Published on August 1, 2012.
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
Published on July 5, 2012.
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
Published on June 7, 2012.
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
Published on June 1, 2012.
Howard Goodman: The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered Florida to halt its effort to purge noncitizens from the voter rolls.
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