The GOP-controlled Florida House of Representatives passed a voting measure that Republicans say would enhance election integrity in the state. The bill passed 77-40 on Wednesday and will go back to the Senate. According to the billĀ (pdf), it will require signature verification for voters, provided by a “wet signature” physically signed on paper kept on file, revised distance limits for people at polling places or early voting sites and related sites, monitoring of ballot drop boxes by election workers, and ID requirements for dropping off ballots. “This bill creates good, commonsense, revisions to our election laws, that will better ensure the integrity of elections. Why wouldn’t you want to do that?” Republican state Rep. Tom Leek told WTSP. Other measures in the bill include limitations on who can return a finished mail-in ballot, preventing election officials from entering consent agreements, and requiring voters to submit yearly requests for mail-in ballots. …
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