Breaking: Federal District Court Strikes Down Restrictive Florida Voting Rules, Imposes Requirement That Florida Submit Certain Voting Changes to Court for Preclearance Under Section 3(c) of Voting Rights Act Upon Finding of Intentional Discrimination

Election Law Blog ^ | March 31, 2022 | Rick Hasen

[House Atreides]

Yes, Mark E Walker… OBAMA JUDGE!

[Oscar in Batangas]

It seems that the FedGov needs to be put back into its TINY box in which the framers (as illustrated by Am. 10) intended for it to be.

[tennmountainman]

Each State has the right to run elections. Not Federal Judges.

[dila813]

Judge is a racist, who is the one bringing up racism...I bet minorities in Florida are all for it

[kiryandil]

https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2022-03-31-Final-Order-Following-dckt-665_0.pdf

[Bob434]

Exactly- wouldn’t the left throw fits if they saw box vans pulling up to the drop boxes in conservative areas, and if conservatives got way more than liberals-

[ought-six]

“Screw this banana republic crap.”

Well, we ARE become a banana republic, and have been one since Obama.

[kiryandil]

You misspelled “stooge” - Obama stooge.

[technically right]

If memory serves me correctly didn’t the SCOTUS a few years back pretty much gut the voting rights act with respect to states setting their own election rules. As I recall the Progs had a fainting spell.

[Wayne07]

Yes, Mark E Walker, appointed by Obama in 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Walker

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Another case of the Federal Courts "Legislating from the Bench"

[9422WMR]

“Pitchforks and torches.“
There’s lots of issues right now that should generate the use of Pitchforks and torches!

[Mr Rogers]

“In January 2018, Walker ruled against Florida and ordered Governor Rick Scott to restore the voting rights of felons after their release from prison.

In July 2018, Walker invalidated as unconstitutional Florida’s total prohibition on early voting sites on college and university campuses.

Walker ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to continue providing a transgender woman prisoner with hormone treatment....

In September 2018, Walker decided another significant voting rights case, in which he granted a preliminary injunction against Florida’s Secretary of State, directing him to ensure that Spanish speaking voters have access to ballots...

On September 9, 2021, Walker blocked Florida’s anti-riot law as violation of the 1st amendment....”

Wiki

[alancarp]

So 50 years+ after the Voting Rights Act — a time in which Drop Boxes weren’t even contemplated — suddenly a lack of Drop Box access is a violation of that law??

[fwdude]

So 50 years+ after the Voting Rights Act — a time in which Drop Boxes weren’t even contemplated — suddenly a lack of Drop Box access is a violation of that law??

Blacks and other racial minorities have become much weaker since then, apparently.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(Title Adjusted) Federal District Court Strikes Down Restrictive ...... Voting Rules, Imposes Requirement That ....... Submit Certain Voting Changes to Court
for Preclearance Under Section 3(c) of Voting Rights Act Upon Finding of Intentional Discrimination
My question - would this judicial decision impact future administrative last minute changes as they occurred in other States (such as Georgia)in the 2019 Presidential election,
or is the decision restricted and only applicable in Florida ?
Or, does this decision establish a precedent ?

[rlmorel]

Funny. I wonder why rules and laws are even a concern. Were there not multiple documented instances where STATE LAW REQUIRED signature verification, but it simply was not done, and nobody did a damn thing about it?

[Bullish]

So the deep state wins as they give us a huge middle finger.

[Luke21]

Now those crazy Democrats can beat DeSantis.

[Tipllub]

Obama judge.

This appears on page 1 of his order: “The current war in Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian people are fighting and dying to maintain the freedoms we take for granted—namely, the right to have a voice and not to be ruled by a despot—provides a poignant reminder of both the value and fragility of democracy. “

https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2022-03-31-Final-Order-Following-dckt-665_0.pdf