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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.
Florida became the latest state to pass sweeping voter restrictions late Thursday night when the Republican-controlled Legislature passed Senate Bill 90.
The Florida Senate has advanced a voter suppression bill that would limit ballot drop boxes and increase how often voters must submit new absentee ballot requests.
In a televised press conference for the passage of a new “anti-riot” law, Florida’s Polk County sheriff had a message for what he said were the “millions and millions” of new residents moving into the state.