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The plaintiffs in the case, Hand v. Scott, alleged the process is unconstitutional due to its arbitrary nature. [15] [16] In April 2018, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker ruled that Florida's process for seeking restoration of voting rights in Florida was unconstitutional because it relied too much on personal appeal to Governor Scott. [17]
By December 8, 2000, there had been multiple court decisions about the presidential election in Florida. [16] On that date, the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4–3 vote, ordered a statewide manual recount of undervotes. [17] On December 9, ruling in response to an emergency request from Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the recount.
At 4:00 p.m. EST on December 8, the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4 to 3 vote, rejected Gore's original four-county approach and ordered a manual recount, under the supervision of the Leon County Circuit Court and Leon County Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho, of all undervoted ballots in all Florida counties (except Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia ...
Florida is one of 19 states that enacted new voting restrictions last year that critics allege will amount to voter suppression. Florida voting law put under the microscope in federal court Skip ...
The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to consider the case but has set a briefing schedule for attorneys that makes it unlikely for the case to be decided by the April qualifying period for ...
Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
Felony disenfranchisement in Florida is currently a contentious political issue in Florida.Though the general principle of felony disenfranchisement is not in dispute, [citation needed] the disenfranchisement of people who had been convicted of a felony and have served their sentence — that includes prison, bail and parole — but continue being barred from voting if they have outstanding ...
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [2] [3] Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% supermajority required by law.