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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 it does 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.
Today, individual professors and students of Florida’s public colleges and universities filed a lawsuit against the Florida commissioner of education and other education officials challenging the constitutionality of House Bill 233.
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.
A fourth lawsuit was filed today challenging Florida’s omnibus voter suppression bill, Senate Bill 90.
The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a motion to intervene in a challenge to Florida’s omnibus voter suppression law.
A third lawsuit was filed on Tuesday challenging Florida’s omnibus voter suppression bill, Senate Bill 90.
Voting rights groups sued the state of Florida on Thursday after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed Senate Bill 90 into law.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new voter suppression bill into law on Wednesday after the Republican-held state Legislature passed it in a late night session in April.