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A legal challenge to Miami-Dade County’s policy of arresting and jailing people for ICE upon request has survived multiple motions to dismiss filed by both the county and the federal government.
“The passage of Amendment 6 is a threat to the balance of the rights of all parties in a criminal case that is necessary to ensure that innocent individuals are not wrongly convicted. Florida voters took an important step toward meaningful criminal justice reform with the passage of Amendment 11.”
Today is a new day in Florida, a new day in America, and a new day for 1.4 million Floridians.
MIAMI, FL – Today, the ACLU of Florida, American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Advancement Project are suing on behalf of three voting rights organizations — New Florida Majority, Common Cause, and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund — seekin
Younger voters and racial and ethnic minority voters are much more likely to cast vote-by-mail ballots that are rejected and are less likely to have their VBM ballots cured