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Ashley Lopez

Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting

Miami-Dade County elections workers begin counting Florida mail ballots on Nov. 8, 2022. (Saul Martinez/Getty Images)

County election supervisors in Florida are urging the state to throw out new vote-by-mail restrictions that are set to be rolled out next year, saying the measures could present serious logistical and security issues.

In a report sent to the Florida Department of State earlier this month, a working group of local elections officials warned that the new identification requirements — which will require voters to provide a driver's license number or partial Social Security number on their ballots — will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters.

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