ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s new election law was fiercely debated from the moment it was introduced. But what will it actually change for voters and the people who run state elections?
The GOP-pushed bill went through several revisions before being signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 6, and some of the more controversial measures were watered down. But voters can still expect major changes in how they vote and how county elections supervisors operate.
“Confusion and inconvenience,” said Mary Jane Arrington, the Democratic Osceola elections supervisor, when asked to sum up the new law. Republican Lake County supervisor Alan Hays told legislators the bill was a “travesty,” which seemed to have some effect in toning down the law.
