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A sign stands encouraging passerby to vote at a Souls to the Polls and Empowerment Sunday event in Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. The event was held outside the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office on the last day of early voting. (Diego Perdomo/Fresh Take Florida)

Black voters in Florida lagging in election in early, mail voting

Black voters are turning out to early voting at low rates in Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterates his promise to veto the legislature's congressional map while speaking to reporters after the regular legislative session adjourned on Monday, March 14, 2022.

Disagreement over Florida's congressional districts could force legislature to reconvene

Valerie Crowder

Florida is one of four states that hasn’t yet approved a congressional map — all other states have drawn their new U.S. House districts well ahead of the November 2022 elections. The legislature and the governor remain at odds over keeping an African American opportunity district in North Florida.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2020 election on Nov. 3, 2020, in Auburn, Ala.

U.S. judges are narrowing voting protections. Some fear lasting damage

Carrie Johnson

The Supreme Court has been dismantling key provisions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. The justices have taken another case on the issue next term.

Attorney Richard Ryles attends a voting rights rally in West Palm Beach to honor the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Palm Beach County Black Caucus plans to place public pressure on Democratic candidates

Wilkine Brutus

A new Black political voting bloc in Palm Beach County plan to use election report cards to hold Democratic and Republican politicians accountable for their campaign promises.

Voting rights advocates gathered at Gaines Park in West Palm Beach to express their support for expanding access to the ballot.

Voting Rights Advocates March In West Palm Beach, Call For Expanded Access To The Ballot Box

Wilkine Brutus

Voting rights advocates in West Palm Beach attended a voting rally on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Voters enter a polling station at the Zion Baptist Church on Jan. 5 in Marietta, Ga. Black churches have often played a role in mobilizing their congregants to vote.

Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'

James Doubek

Bishop Reginald T. Jackson and Supervisor Christy Jackson say church-led voting goes back to the Jim Crow era.

'Suppressing The Black Vote In History Has Backfired': Remembering The Ocoee Election Day Massacre

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

A look back at Florida’s election history. 100 years ago, the worst election massacre in the U.S. happened in Central Florida.

Black Lives Matter protesters display wristbands reading "I VOTED". Activists warn Black and Latino voters are being flooded with disinformation intended to suppress turnout in the election's final days.

Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Election's Final Days

Shannon Bond

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.

Black Voters In Florida, Nursing Shortages, Miami-Dade Buses Ready For A Redesign

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

The role of the Black vote in Florida. A projected nurse shortage in the next decade. And Miami-Dade's bus system is set for a makeover.

Democratic presidential candidates onstage before the November debate. The Democratic Party faces the prospect of a debate in two weeks with only white candidates onstage.

#DemsSoWhite? Kamala Harris' Exit Raises Hard Questions About Race And Power

Asma Khalid

The Democratic Party faces the prospect of a debate in two weeks with only white candidates onstage. Earlier, they had the most diverse presidential candidate field in history.

Cory Booker Asked About Struggles With Black Voters: 'Let My Work Speak For Me'

Brakkton Booker

The New Jersey senator sat down for NPR's interview series Off Script and was asked by an undecided voter why some residents in his hometown of Newark don't see him as "the voice" of black youth.

With the Rev. Al Sharpton looking on, Democratic presidential hopeful South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the National Action Network's annual convention Friday in New York City.

Pete Buttigieg Explains His Agenda For Black Voters

Danielle Kurtzleben

The 2020 Democratic candidate and mayor of a majority-white Indiana city has gone on urban radio and spoke to a major civil rights group and has addressed why he once said "all lives matter."