Two fights over voting in Florida have somewhat been resolved this week.
Voting rights groups have been challenging the state’s efforts to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls. However, the groups have agreed to drop most of their challenges after meeting with state officials.
Florida State Department Spokesman Chris Cate says both sides fostered some agreements.
“They saw what our new process is, how we are using the federal SAVE database to make sure what we are doing to identify non-citizens is the most accurate way possible to do so,” said Cate. “And recently now we have actually now identified 207 non-citizens on the voter rolls.”
Voting rights groups were previously skeptical of the accuracy of the state’s list. However, they still are taking issue with the state purging the voter rolls 90 days before an election.
The U.S. Department of Justice has also resolved one of its ongoing issues with the state’s voting schedule. Last year, state lawmakers reduced the number of early voting days from 12, to 8. However, because the state agreed to extend voting hours in a few counties, the feds are signing off on the changes.
It is ultimately up to a federal court in Washington, D.C. to approve the state’s new early voting schedule.