Tag : voting rights

Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation awards grant to Orlando voting-rights group Equal Ground | Orlando Area News | Orlando

Photo courtesy Beyoncé/Facebook Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation awards a grant to local organization Equal Ground Orlando voting-rights group Equal Ground is…

1 year ago

Florida secretary of state touts new voting restrictions as ‘gold standard’ of ‘election integrity’ | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Adobe More restrictions to voting by mail in Florida are likely to come. Florida’s elections chief rolled…

1 year ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrates arrests of felons who allegedly voted: ‘This is the opening salvo’ | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Twenty felons across Florida were being arrested Thursday on allegations that they voted illegally during the 2020…

2 years ago

A government official helped 10 Florida men with felony convictions register to vote | Orlando Area News | Orlando

His last night as a prisoner in North Florida, Kelvin Bolton couldn’t sleep. Fifty-five years old, with a wispy goatee…

2 years ago

Federal appeals court will decide constitutionality of Florida elections law in September | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge A federal appeals court will hear arguments in September in a battle about the constitutionality of a…

2 years ago

Florida appeals court reinstates state’s restrictions on voting over allegations that it discriminates against Black voters | Florida News | Orlando

click to enlarge Adobe Putting a vote-by-mail ballot in the postbox. Calling it flawed, a three-judge appellate panel on Friday…

2 years ago

Alachua County voter fraud case pulls the mask off of Florida Republicans’ walk-back of felon voting rights | Orlando Area News | Orlando

click to enlarge A 10th former jail inmate is facing felony voter fraud charges, accused of registering to vote and…

2 years ago

Orlando readers speak out on voting rights, abolishing the filibuster | First Words | Orlando

¶ 'We can't out-organize voter suppression' In November 2020, millions of voters like me went to the polls and cast…

3 years ago

Congress made Juneteenth a holiday, but it won’t lift a finger to protect Black voting rights | Columns | Orlando

On Saturday, the U.S. government celebrated Juneteenth National Independence Day for the first time, President Biden having signed a bill…

3 years ago