Since the 2020 election and the false claims by former President Donald Trump and others of widespread fraud the Republicans who lead the Florida Legislature have changed dozens of voting laws.
Senate Bill 90 in 2021 made at least 14 changes, including making vote-by-mail ballots more difficult to obtain and placing limits on where and when election supervisors could make drop boxes available to voters wishing to return mail ballots.
Then, in 2022, lawmakers gave Gov. Ron DeSantis his Office of Election Crimes and Security to investigate violations and irregularities. Among 25 other changes was establishing harsher penalties against third-party organizations that fail to deliver timely voter registration applications.
And now, in 2023, the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee has brought a third election-reform bill, SB 7050, offering up 27 changes to the Elections Code. The bill passed that committee 6-3 on a party-line vote on Tuesday. Here are seven of the most significant proposals:
Statewide candidates and political action committees, sometimes referred to as PACs, must by law file monthly contribution and expenditure reports until 60 days before the primary election when the deadlines move up to weekly. The reports must be filed daily starting on the 10th day before a general election, with the last report due on the fifth day before the election. The bill proposes reducing the frequency of reporting from...
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