11th Circuit upholds most of Florida's post-2020 voting restrictions

[In It to Win It]

Mark Joseph Stern
@mjs_DC

The 11th Circuit has upheld most of Florida's post-2020 voting restrictions—but it also struck down part of the notorious criminal ban on "solicitation" of voters near the polls, which targeted voting rights advocates. https://storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2023/04/27/league_of_women_voters_of_florida_inc._v._florida_secretary_of_state.pdf
h/t @MikeSacksEsq

Mike Sacks
@MikeSacksEsq

11th Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, is cool with Florida’s voter suppression laws that a lower court found unconstitutionally and illegally racist.

GWB & Trump judges in majority.

Obama judge in dissent.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2023/04/27/league_of_women_voters_of_florida_inc._v._florida_secretary_of_state.pdf

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[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Out of 4 voter suppression arrows, one fell short, one got shredded and two on target.

Not as bad as could have been, only the 2 remaining, regulation of drop ballot boxes and adding a disclaimer to third party registrations…hit the target, but not near the bullseye.

[Hortensis]

2. One analyst says the conservative 11th has 'applied a "presumption of good faith"

(by the state of FL!) to defeat the claim of intentional discrimination against Florida.

This is another Justice Alito Special, a way to prevent courts from finding intentional racial discrimination when legislatures pass voting laws.'