Today (Thursday), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee challenging Florida’s new law that greatly obstructs voting access.
The lawsuit argues that S.B. 90 creates barriers and burdens that impact all Florida voters and disproportionately impacts the ability of Black voters, Latino voters, and voters with disabilities to cast their ballot. This restrictive bill violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. LDF, cocounsel Covington & Burling LLP, and the Law Offices of Nellie L. King filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Florida NAACP, Disability Rights Florida, and Common Cause. Florida joins over twenty other states, most notably Georgia, in legislative efforts to substantially restrict voting access.
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