BREAKING: New Voting Laws: Court to Issue Final Order in Two Weeks

Judge Thomas P. Crapps of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings will issue a final ruling in two weeks,regardingimplementation of a controversial new elections law. He announced his intention after adjourning the latest hearing Friday, at about 2:15 p.m.

The disputed provisions of the law are:

• reduction of the days and times duringwhich voters may vote early;
• stipulations that a Florida voter who has moved from one county to another, and failed to alert the elections supervisor in his new county of his move, may only fill out a provisional ballot on voting day (provisional ballots are counted toward the election only if the voter proves his eligibility subsequent to voting);
• the imposition of allegedly onerous new burdens and restrictions on organizations dedicated to registering people to vote.

The suit is being brought bySen. Arthenia Joyner, R-Tampa, theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, and the National Council of La Raza.

More to come . . .