Darryl Rouson to File Election Reform Legislation with Charlie Crist

Florida Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, will join former governor Charlie Crist and a couple of other Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to announce election reform legislation for the 2013 session.

The legislation by Rouson, which will seek to reverse Republican election measures introduced in 2011, comes as a coalition headed by the League of Women Voters on Tuesday held a pair of media conferences in Orlando and Miami seeking a statewide task force to address election reform.

We must finally put Florida's shameful election disasters behind us, the coalition stated in a release. We ask that this task force begin its work quickly and deliver its final recommendations to the 2013 Legislature at least two weeks before the 2013 session begins, allowing time for bills to be filed.

The Coalition includes: AARP, National Congress of Black Women, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Florida Institute for Reform and Education, Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers Committee For Civic Rights Under Law, SantLa Haitian Neighborhood Center, South Florida Jobs with Justice, Florida Votes Count, Equality Florida and the Hispanic Coalition.

Rouson will be joined Wednesday by Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, and Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg.The media conference is set for 10:30 a.m. at Lykes Gaslight Park in Tampa.