Florida doesn’t have to provide 96
hours of early voting in all counties for the Nov. 6 election, a
federal judge ruled in a lawsuit over claims that a 2011 law
discriminates against blacks.
…The 2011 law cut early voting to eight days from 14 and
removed the final Sunday before Election Day. Opponents asked
the court to force counties to offer 96 hours of early voting
and make the final Sunday before the election a voting day.
The opponents failed to show that the law “operates to
deny or abridge African Americans’ right to vote on account of
their race,” Corrigan said in a 35-page ruling.