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Suppressive Voting Laws Take Hit, Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law

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Suppressive Voting Laws Take Hit, Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law

A federal judge blocked enforcement of key provisions of a restrictive voting law in Florida today, a breakthrough victory for Florida voters and voting rights advocates nationwide. The law, H.B. 1355, included onerous restrictions on community-based voter registration drives, forcing the League of Women Voters of Florida and other groups to shut down their drives. In…

Florida GOP Takes Voter Suppression to a Brazen New Extreme

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Florida GOP Takes Voter Suppression to a Brazen New Extreme

Imagine this: a Republican governor in a crucial battleground state instructs his secretary of state to purge the voting rolls of hundreds of thousands of allegedly ineligible voters. The move disenfranchises thousands of legally registered voters, who happen to be overwhelmingly black and Hispanic Democrats. The number of voters prevented from casting a ballot exceeds…

Judge rules Florida pension changes unconstitutional

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Judge rules Florida pension changes unconstitutional

In a dramatic defeat for the governor and the Florida Legislature, a Leon County circuit judge on Tuesday ruled that the decision last year to cut public employee salaries was an unconstitutional breach of the state’s contract and ordered the money returned with interest.  “The 2011 Legislature, when faced with a budget shortfall, turned to…