Florida Republicans have resurrected Jim Crow, so states Karl Sheppard, an adjunct professor of history at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida

“The real issue however is the suppression of black votes. The limits on voter registration (the signatures collected by those registering to vote in Florida must now be turned in within 48 hours) greatly impacts the ability to sign up new voters and is aimed directly at poor minorities and college students.”

The law in Florida which Sheppard opposes is currently before the Justice Department for approval.  It limits the amount of time groups like ACORN can sit on voter registration forms before they must be turned in to election officials so that the voter can be registered.  It is designed to protect the voter. In the past many of these forms were never turned in and the voters, or people who thought they were eligible to vote, turned up on election day and could not vote.  Limiting the amount of time groups can sit on them could make it more likely that the voter will be registered, or can check well in advance of the election if they are.  To Professor Sheppard, this is Jim Crow resurrected.