That good old “voter suppression” narrative again, this time from Bill Nelson. 

Control and custody of absentee ballots is one of the ripest areas for voter fraud, perhaps even more than polling place fraud.  Opponents of Voter ID regularly proclaim there should be more scrutiny of what happens with absentee ballots, until there is.

Nelson says there are Voting Rights Act issues here.  He’s wrong.  States can make rules about absentee ballots, as Florida has done.  The Voting Rights Act doesn’t reach the question of how absentee ballots are handled after casting in this circumstance.