The St. Pete Times is reporting on a protest yesterday in Tampa related to HB1355. Meanwhile, the AP & Miami Herald are reporting on a hearing today related to a libertarian group challenging Florida’s political committee regulatory structure. The plaintiffs’ counsel has a summary of their suit on their website. It appears to be one...
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting is up next…
The American Bar Association’s ABA Journal posted an interesting article today entitled “As Other States Watch, Florida’s Redistricting Fracas May Set the Lines for the Future. Apparently this will be in their June 1 printed edition.
Does Miami-Dade know something we don’t know?
Apparently, Miami-Dade County’s Supervisor of Elections office has decided that the Governor will be signing HB 1355 into law, as they have cancelled early voting for this coming Sunday. In response, Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Marcelo Llorente has filed suit seeking to reinstate Sunday’s early voting. If the Governor does sign the law, it will be...
Comprehensive Changes to Florida Election Law Passes the Florida Legislature – sent to the Governor
Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 1355 (CS/CS/HB 1355) alters many of the procedures in place since the Florida Election Reform Act of 2001. In 158 pages of legislation, the Legislature has decreased the number of early voting days, altered the way voter registration drives can be done, including the potential of...
Latest on the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act
A large number of interesting pieces on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Here’s a few interesting ones: Washington Post The Hill NYTimes Washington Times While the majority of the Supreme Court did not rule on the constitutionality of Section 5, it did open the door to more...
New Voting Rights Act opinion released
The U.S. Supreme Court has released its much awaited opinion regarding Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, apparently side-stepping the question of whether Section 5 is constitutional. I’m still looking at it, but wanted to make the link available.
More on SB956
The latest summary of the changes proposed in Senate Bill 956 is: Expressly providing that the Florida Election Code preempts any local provision regarding elections unless otherwise specifically provided by law. A substantial revision to third party voter registration organization requirements. The removal of retirement center identification and neighborhood association identification from the list...
America Votes! Supplement
I contributed a chapter to the American Bar Association to the America Votes! Supplement – just published today.