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The number of states considering bills related to proof of citizenship for voting tripled from 2023 to this year. Republicans in Wyoming passed their own proof-of-citizenship legislation, but similar measures have stalled or failed in multiple GOP-led states, including Florida, Missouri, Texas and Utah.

Desmond Meade, a prominent voting rights activist and president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, was honored with a street renaming ceremony.

The latest data shows that the percentage of registered voters who turned out for this election was the highest in a generation. However, there were fewer total voters compared to 2020. Florida’s population has grown in the last four years, so why hasn’t the number of registered voters increased?

With multiple races, referendums and questions on ballots, WLRN compiled endorsements from newspapers, unions and interest groups into a one-stop guide for voters in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties.

DeSantis issued an executive order allowing supervisors of elections in Milton-affected counties to make changes such as consolidating polling sites and making it easier for displaced voters to obtain mail-in ballots.

The plaintiffs say the problem is particularly acute in Miami-Dade, Broward, Duval, and Orange counties, which have large Black populations.

The number of registered Republican voters in Florida officially surpassed Democrats by more than 1 million on Sunday, a milestone reflecting political shifts in the Sunshine State and the largest margin for the GOP since the late 1980s.

Plaintiffs dropped a federal lawsuit challenging how the state carried out a constitutional amendment that restores voting rights to felons who complete their sentences.

On Tuesday, March 19, voters in South Florida will get the chance to choose their candidates on various local elections, while those registered Republican can vote in a symbolic presidential primary ballot.

Available evidence suggests Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face each other for the presidency in November. So, what happens if one of the major party’s presidential tickets opens up before inauguration day?

Florida has closed primaries, so voters who miss the deadline can't choose the Republican candidate this cycle.

Objecting to an attempt to speed up the case, attorneys for the state argued Friday "there is no reasonable likelihood" the Florida Supreme Court will rule in a congressional redistricting battle in time for the 2024 elections.