A group of 17 Democratic state attorneys general have thrown their weight behind court challenges aimed at Florida’s restrictive, GOP-crafted voting law, saying the measure threatens to suppress the vote of minorities.
Led by the District of Columbia and New York, the group filed friend-of-court briefs in a trio of federal lawsuits that claim Florida’s SB 90 illegally restricts access to the ballot box.
“Florida’s discriminatory law is another attempt to make it harder for some in the state to vote, especially voters of color,” DC attorney general Karl Racine said in a statement. “The myth of voter fraud has been debunked countless times, yet we continue to see states creating laws based on false claims to uphold this lie for political reasons. In reality, these election laws that supposedly prevent and eliminate voter fraud instead simply encourage voter suppression.”
Florida’s controversial SB 90 drew immediate lawsuits upon being signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in May after Florida Republicans passed the measure on near party-line votes.
Among the limits imposed by the Florida measure are new restrictions on the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, additional requirements on voters seeking alternatives to in-person voting and a ban on members of the public distributing food or water to those waiting in line to vote.
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