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Earlier this week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to Florida’s requirement that individuals with a former felony conviction must pay all financial obligations related to their sentence before they regain the right to vote.
On Friday, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Florida voters against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his failure to call three special elections to fill vacancies in three majority-Black legislative districts.
The GOP-controlled Florida Legislature suggested this week that they do not intend to host public redistricting hearings, drawing complaints from fair maps advocates.
Today, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida allowed four cases challenging provisions of Florida’s newly-passed voter suppression law, Senate Bill 90, to move forward.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today individual professors and students of Florida’s public colleges and universities filed a lawsuit against the Florida Commissioner of Education and other higher education officials challenging the constitutionality of House Bill 233, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law last week in an effort to monitor “intellectual diversity” on campus.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation into law on Tuesday that requires students and faculty of public Florida universities to report their political views to the state starting this July
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A fourth lawsuit was filed today challenging Florida’s omnibus voter suppression bill, Senate Bill 90.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a motion to intervene on Thursday in a challenge to Florida’s omnibus voter suppression law.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A third lawsuit was filed on Tuesday challenging Florida’s omnibus voter suppression bill, SB 90.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Voting rights groups sued the state of Florida on Thursday after Gov. DeSantis signed SB 90 into law.
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