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The Justice Department objected late Friday to new provisions of Florida election law which place strict regulations on third-party voter registration groups and cut down on the early voting period. DOJ alleged in a court filing that Florida was unable to prove the new provisions were not discriminatory under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
“As to the third-party voter registration and early voting changes enacted… respectively, the United States’ position is that the State has not met its burden, on behalf of its covered counties, that the two sets of proposed voting changes are entitled to preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,” according to a court filing.
Florida had begun the preclearance process with DOJ but subsequently sued the government after federal lawyers asked for additional information about how some provisions of the state’s new election law would be enforced.
Non-partisan groups like the League of Women Voters have ended their voter registration efforts in the state because of the law, which forces individuals conducting voter registration drives to get permission from the state and turn in voter registration cards within 48 hours of a voter filling them out. The League of Women Voters, the Brennan Center, and Rock The Vote are also fighting that provision of the law in court and an initial hearing was held earlier this week.
Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote, said this week that the law would “prevent organizations like Rock the Vote from educating and engaging young people in our political process and go against the very principles our country was founded on.” Attorney General Eric Holder singled out Florida’s law during a major speech on voting rights in December.
The Colbert Report featured a sketch this week about a Florida teacher who is already facing a stiff penalty from the state for not turning in voter registration cards she collected from her students within 48 hours. Check it out here.
Link to original article can be found on Talking Points Memo
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FL Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Larry Ahern (R-51), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Ben Albritton (R-66), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Dennis Baxley (R-Ocala), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, sponsored 2005 SB 436 "Castle Doctrine Act" based on ALEC model[52]
- Rep. Michael Bileca (R-117), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Jeff Brandes (R-52), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[52]
- Rep. Jason Brodeur (R-33), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Rachel Burgin (R-56), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Matt Caldwell (R-73), ALEC member who has "attended one conference to date, having paid for the membership and any conference costs with my excess campaign account"[53][51]
- Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-45), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Fred Costello (R-26), "could not afford the time out of my business to attend" the 2011 ALEC Annual meeting but looks "forward to attending ALEC in the future"[54]
- Rep. Steve Crisafulli (R-32), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51] but "not a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council"[55]
- Rep. Daniel Davis (R-13), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Jose Diaz (R-115), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Chris Dorworth (R-34), dues-paying ALEC member as of 2011[56], registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Brad Drake (R -5)[17]
- Rep. Clay Ford (R-3)[17][20], ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Rich Glorioso (R-Longwood), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[52]
- Rep. Matt Hudson (R-101), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Clay Ingram (R-2), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[57][51]
- Rep. Ana Rivas Logan (R-114), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Debbie Mayfield (R-80), ALEC member[58]
- Rep. Peter Nehr (R-48), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Bryan Nelson (R-38), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Jeanette Nunez (R-Miami), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[52]
- Rep. Jimmy T. Patronis, Jr. (R-6), ALEC State Chairman[59], registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Ray Pilon (R-69); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
- Rep. Scott Plakon (R-37), ALEC International Relations Task Force member, worked with ALEC in 2011 on "a proposed constitutional amendment that prohibits laws that would force people to join health care plans, an attack on federal health care changes"[52]
- Rep. Stephen L. Precourt (R-41), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Lake Ray (R-17), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Kelli Stargel (R-64), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. John Tobia (R-31), attended 2009 ALEC Annual Meeting at a taxpayer cost of $1,150; [60] in August 2011 claimed he has not attended another ALEC meeting and is not a member[61]
- Rep. Carlos Trujillo (R-116), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. Will Weatherford (R-61), registered to attend 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[51]
- Rep. John Wood (R-65), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member who calls himself "proud to be a member of ALEC and has attended two annual conferences - Atlanta in 2009 and most recently New Orleans in 2011"[62][51]
- Rep. Dana Young (R-Tampa), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[52]
- Former Rep. Bill Posey (now Congressman, R-Rockledge), ALEC Alumni in Congress[63] and 1999 recipient of ALEC "Legislator of the Year" Award[64]
Senate
- Sen. Anitere Flores (R-38); Education Task Force
- Sen. Lee Constantine (R-22); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
- Sen. Alan Hays (R-25)[17]
- Sen. Evelyn Lynn (R-7), attended an ALEC Conference "about 15 years ago, but I did not find the meetings informative or helpful"[65]