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When it comes to filling vacant legislative seats, DeSantis at times has been lackadaisical in scheduling special legislative elections. For proof, look at two of the special legislative elections underway in three Florida counties with Election Day scheduled for Tuesday.

Travis Hart, president of the Florida Supervisors of Elections, answered some questions voters may have regarding this year’s election amid hurricane recovery.

Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr filed a brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the Florida law, which, in part, placed additional restrictions on “drop boxes” for mail-in ballots and prevented groups from providing items such as food and water to voters waiting in line at polling places.

A Florida prosecutor has filed felony voter fraud charges against at least five inmates in what is believed to be the first cases resulting from a state investigation into a voter registration drive conducted inside the jail in July 2020 by Alachua County’s Democratic elections supervisor.

Legal experts say the illegitimate submissions should motivate Congress to update the Electoral Count Act and "firm up the guardrails" of democracy.

Governor Ron DeSantis signed the elections bill into law Thursday morning. A lot of the bill has similarities between what was signed earlier this year in Georgia.

Republican lawmakers in many states have proposed measures that would make their states' voting rules more restrictive. Of note are Arizona, Texas, Florida and Michigan.

Gabriel Sterling, of the Georgia secretary of state's office, says some proposed restrictions on voting go too far. But he defends others as potentially being helpful to elections administrators.

Elections supervisors have been speaking out against a proposal to require voters to request absentee ballots every calendar year, instead of once every two general election cycles.

Voting officials are expecting a busy Election Day, but fewer in person because of the coronavirus pandemic. Everything you need to know before you enter polling locations today.

The pre-election day voting gap between Democrats and Republicans continues to narrow, with Democrats now outpacing GOP voters by just over 200,000 votes.

Plan ahead and know your rights. And don't leave that polling place without casting your ballot.