Republican leaders in the Florida Legislature have launched an unprecedented attack on the voting rights of Floridians. Per our friends at Progress Florida, CS/HB 1355 does the following:
- Reducing early voting from 13 days to just 5, ensuring massively long wait times to cast a vote in Florida’s more urban and populous counties;
- Encouraging voter suppression by forcing many voters to vote by provisional ballots which often are not counted;
- Disenfranchising voters by removing the longstanding rule allowing them to update address and name changes at the polling place;
- Discouraging voter registration drives by creating cumbersome new regulations for groups that register new voters;
- Undermining successful election protection efforts by severely restricting non-partisan programs from providing legal assistance and other services to voters at the polls; and
- Making grassroots ballot initiative campaigns virtually impossible for anyone but wealthy special interests.
Help us stop this unacceptable voter suppression bill and sign this letter to the Florida Senate.