Groups funded by Democratic-aligned nonprofit wants judge to block campus voting ban
Source: Politico
By MATT DIXON
06/21/2018 03:12 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE — Supported by a Democratic-aligned foundation, the League of Women Voters of Florida and other groups asked a federal judge on Thursday to prevent Gov. Rick Scott’s top election official from enforcing a current ban on early voting on college campuses.
The organization joined the Andrew Goodman Foundation to file the underlying lawsuit in June on behalf of a group of college students from the University of Florida and Florida State University. They are now asking U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to preliminarily enjoin Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner from enforcing his interpretation of state law that blocks early voting on campuses, a policy largely opposed by Democrats.
Though college campuses are often full of Democratic voters, the groups argue the push is not political, but rather to ensure that younger voters are not treated differently.
“Young people across Florida are excited and ready to vote this August and November, and we should be doing all that we can to encourage their participation in our democracy,” said Guy Cecil, chairman of the Priorities USA Foundation. “That’s why it is so unconscionable that Secretary Detzner’s actions essentially treat Florida’s young people as a separate class of citizens who must travel farther and wait longer to cast their ballots.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/06/21/groups-funded-by-democratic-aligned-nonprofit-wants-judge-to-block-campus-voting-ban-482032
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