Florida Republicans push to cut early voting to single week

[mfcorey1]

TALLAHASSEE -- — With Florida a crucial state in the 2012 presidential election, the state Legislature wants to overhaul election laws in ways critics say would help the Republican Party maintain its dominance.

The Senate is pushing a bill to cut early voting time by half, make it harder for grass roots groups to register voters and require people to vote provisionally if they moved since the last time they voted — a change elections supervisors say would affect college students the most. The bill, SB 2086, passed the Republican-controlled Rules Committee on Friday on a 10-2 vote.

Legislators say their goal is more convenient and less expensive voting machinery. But with President Barack Obama needing Florida’s 29 electoral votes to win a second term, skeptics say the GOP-dominated Legislature is showing it has more than a passing interest in how the next election is run. All 160 legislative seats also will be up for grabs in



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[madrchsod]

1. i wonder how many in florida really care about fair and open elections

[Obamanaut]

2. Only these? "But with President Barack Obama needing Florida’s 29 electoral votes " nt