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Democrats Bet on Early Latino Outreach to Avoid ’20 Pitfalls Democrats “have treated Latinos, for a while now, as get out the vote targets and took them for granted, used them as props," said Libre Initiative President Daniel Garza. Alex Berrios, left, and Devon Murphy-Anderson, right, co-founders of the nonprofit Mi Vecino, coach newly hired staff members on how best to approach people and convince them to register to vote on June 24, 2021, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Will Weissert) KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios is instructing his team on h...

Activists have protested in front of Rubio's office for many years.

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks during a press conference. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images RNC, NRSC join legal fray over Florida's contentious new election law TALLAHASSEE — Republicans are jumping in to defend Florida’s newly adopted election law, which Democrats and an array of voting and civil rights groups are criticizing as unconstitutional. The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday filed motions to intervene in two separate federal lawsuits that have been filed in Tallahassee. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, using the same talking point es...

Like the others, the suit asks the court to block implementation of the law, claiming it “creates major obstacles to vote-by-mail, curtails access to drop boxes, and criminalizes line warming activities such as providing water to voters.” “It is an anti-Democracy bill that makes it harder to vote by mail, criminalizes line warming activities… violates free speech rights...denies reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities," said Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of Advancement Project National Office, during a Zoom news conference Tuesday. Lawsuit 'explicitly alleges...

TALLAHASSEE --- 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. The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. district court in Tallahassee is at least the third challenge to the law, which was passed last month by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis during an appearance on Fox News. The law (SB 90) was one of the most controversial issues of the 2021 legislative session and came after a relatively smooth 2020 election in Florida. Republica...