TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Republicans moved Wednesday to revise the state’s vote-by-mail system, banning ballot drop boxes and resetting the absentee ballot rolls in a step that would require millions of voters to reapply for mail-in ballots ahead of next year’s gubernatorial and U.S.
Senate elections. Republicans characterized the changes as tweaks in a system that was universally praised after November’s presidential election — for the record number of mail-in votes cast and for the nearly glitch-free handling of those ballots. [TRENDING: ‘Manatee graveyard in Fla. | 6 major announcements from Disney | Fla.
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