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Florida commemorated Confederate Memorial Day on Monday by moving one step closer to passage of a bill that critics say will disproportionately restrict the ballots of Black voters in the state. The state is one of five in the country that still officially observes as a holiday the April 26, 1865 surrender at Bennett Place, North Carolina, of the last large field army of the Confederate forces that fought to destroy the United States and maintain slavery. This year, Florida marked the occasion ...

What Will Be the Major Changes in Florida’s Elections Overhaul? Florida’s proposed election reform bill has been watered down after pushback from voting rights groups, but there are many county election officials who oppose the changes and wonder why changes are necessary at all. April 23, 2021 •  (TNS) — Florida lawmakers continued to water down an elections bill in the state Senate on Thursday, stripping out some of the more controversial measures...

Florida Senate braces for elections overhaul. But what are the major changes? Elections supervisors still have concerns, however.     Carlos Amado, left, with the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, guides Isabel Lui to the slot to drop off her ballot, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in North Miami. [ MARTA LAVANDIER | AP ] Updated Apr. 22 TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers continued to water down an elections bill in the state Senate on Thursday, stripping out some of the more controversial me...

Take a moment to listen to your garden with the help of the Dunamaise Arts Centre team Reporter:  ); After a sell-out premiere for Dublin Fringe Festival 2020: 1000 Miniature Meadows will return this April via a unique network of listeners from Dunamaise Arts Centre from 23rd to 30th April. The Portlaoise centres team say 1000 Miniature Meadows is a part sound project and part nationwide planting project that will begin with a letter sent to you at your home. You will be invited to step int...

Contentious elections bill ready for vote in Fla. Senate By Dara Kam Election official alarmed by proposed changes Just this year, Republican lawmakers in 43 states have proposed new voting laws that they say will shore up public confidence in the integrity of elections. Its happening here in Florida, as well. Lawmakers are trying to add new restrictions to voting, but election supervisors from across the aisle are sounding alarms. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - One of the 2021 legislative session’s mos...

Jeff Vasilinda becomes the Vasilinda Family’s first published author! April 14th, 2021 by Mike Vasilinda After a three and a half hour hearing Wednesday, time ran out before a Senate committee in the State Capitol could vote on a controversial election reform bill. It doesn’t necessarily mean the bill is in trouble, at least not yet. Ballot drop boxes are allowed under the newly revised legislation, but only during the same hours as early voting. There is also a new provision that requires...

In push for overhaul in Florida elections, Senate Republicans ease up and create new controversy It would potentially require “millions” of voters to go to their elections supervisor to update their signature.   Updated 3 hours ago TALLAHASSEE — Florida senators on Wednesday substantially scaled back a potential crackdown on voting by mail, including eliminating a proposed ban on drop boxes, but added requirements that could create headaches for elections supervisors and milli...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bwjones/ Florida’s Senate Rules Committee is preparing to scale down a proposal that would have done away with ballot drop boxes in the name of election reform. Lawmakers will continue to discuss the bill Friday or next week, after time ran out in the committee before a vote could be taken. The plan is still under fire from Democrats and voting rights groups who say the rest of the bill makes it harder for Floridians to vote. Sen. Dennis Baxley’s (R-Ocala) bil...

The Miami Herald Florida Republicans’ tactics ahead of the 2022 elections are clear and simple: Make it hard for citizens to vote by mail. When they go to the polls in the Florida heat, make standing in line more miserable by making it illegal to hand them water. In Republicans’ fantasy world — one in which Donald Trump won “by a landslide” and we have to “fix” the system to keep Black and brown people from turning out in large numbers — giving someone a bottle of Dasani as they...

Originally published on March 30, 2021 3:19 pm Fresh off its success in Georgia, a conservative think tank aligned with former President Donald Trump is now busy trying to change Florida’s election laws. The Heritage Foundation is pushing what it calls “best practices” for the next statewide vote in 2022. The Washington-based Heritage Action for America is spending $24 million to change election laws in eight battleground states. The New York Times reports Heritage officials met with Ge...