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Redistricting Distracts Legislators from Important Issues

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Redistricting Distracts Legislators from Important Issues

December 4, 2025

Floridians and advocates are encouraging lawmakers to focus on real issues like affordability instead of wasting time on an illegal partisan mid-decade redistricting effort after watching the first House redistricting meeting today.

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Public Discourse in Florida and the Free Press Must Be Protected

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Public Discourse in Florida and the Free Press Must Be Protected

Common Cause Florida stands in opposition to attempts seeking to curtail the rights of the public and the press.

March 13, 2023

Common Cause Florida Statement on Opening of Florida’s Legislative Session

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Common Cause Florida Statement on Opening of Florida’s Legislative Session

Florida lawmakers begin their annual legislative session Tuesday, with the potential for attacks on voting rights and on citizens’ abilities to have a say in their own governance expected to be a focus.

March 7, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: What Florida Voters Need to Know for Municipal Elections this Spring

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MEDIA ADVISORY: What Florida Voters Need to Know for Municipal Elections this Spring

All vote-by-mail requests in Florida expired at the end of 2022, affecting millions of voters.

March 2, 2023

Response to DeSantis Signing Election Crimes Law Expanding Statewide Prosecutor’s Power to Target People with Past Convictions

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Response to DeSantis Signing Election Crimes Law Expanding Statewide Prosecutor’s Power to Target People with Past Convictions

The new law is an unnecessary and wasteful expansion of state prosecutorial power that could intimidate eligible voters with past convictions from exercising their right to vote.

February 16, 2023

Civil Rights Groups Denounce Bill that Worsens Florida’s Broken Voting Rights Restoration System

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Civil Rights Groups Denounce Bill that Worsens Florida’s Broken Voting Rights Restoration System

The bill expands state prosecutorial power and risks impacting people with past convictions who will continue to be arrested and prosecuted in the criminal legal system for honest mistakes about their voter eligibility.

February 13, 2023

Florida’s Office of Election Crimes Puts Criminalization Over Voting Access

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Florida’s Office of Election Crimes Puts Criminalization Over Voting Access

The official accounting of Florida's Office of Election Crimes first year of existence shows the office is succeeding at its unstated mission to inject fear and confusion into our voting process.

January 30, 2023

Common Cause’s Case Against Florida’s Discriminatory Redistricting Process Moves Forward

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Common Cause’s Case Against Florida’s Discriminatory Redistricting Process Moves Forward

A federal lawsuit to redraw the unfair and discriminatory Congressional maps in place in Florida overcame a major milestone this week.

November 9, 2022

Common Cause Florida Urges Voters to Track, Cure their Vote-By-Mail Ballots

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Common Cause Florida Urges Voters to Track, Cure their Vote-By-Mail Ballots

More than 16,000 Floridians who voted by mail but had their ballots flagged for signature or other issues need to take steps now to ensure their votes are counted.

November 9, 2022

Common Cause Florida Reminds Voters “Election Day Is Not Results Day”

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Common Cause Florida Reminds Voters “Election Day Is Not Results Day”

Election officials will need to tally up to 11 million ballots if 2020 turnout numbers hold

November 7, 2022

Voting Rights Groups Express Concern over Challenges to Florida Voters

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Voting Rights Groups Express Concern over Challenges to Florida Voters

Nonpartisan voting rights groups in Florida’s Election Protection Coalition are concerned about voter challenges prompted by the state in at least 12 counties to the voting eligibility of over 1,900 Floridians on the eve of a major election.

November 5, 2022

More than 15,000 Vote-by-Mail Ballots Flagged in Florida for Signature, Other Issues

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More than 15,000 Vote-by-Mail Ballots Flagged in Florida for Signature, Other Issues

More than 15,000 vote-by-mail ballots have been set aside, and Florida voters have until next Thursday to fix.

November 4, 2022

Last Day to Request a Ballot be Mailed to You in Florida is Saturday

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Last Day to Request a Ballot be Mailed to You in Florida is Saturday

Early voting will be up and running in every Florida county, and registered voters can still request and get a vote-by-mail ballot.

October 28, 2022

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Redistricting Distracts Legislators from Important Issues

Media Contacts

Kenny Colston

Public Discourse in Florida and the Free Press Must Be Protected

Common Cause Florida Statement on Opening of Florida’s Legislative Session

MEDIA ADVISORY: What Florida Voters Need to Know for Municipal Elections this Spring

Response to DeSantis Signing Election Crimes Law Expanding Statewide Prosecutor’s Power to Target People with Past Convictions

Civil Rights Groups Denounce Bill that Worsens Florida’s Broken Voting Rights Restoration System

Florida’s Office of Election Crimes Puts Criminalization Over Voting Access

Common Cause’s Case Against Florida’s Discriminatory Redistricting Process Moves Forward

Common Cause Florida Urges Voters to Track, Cure their Vote-By-Mail Ballots

Common Cause Florida Reminds Voters “Election Day Is Not Results Day”

Voting Rights Groups Express Concern over Challenges to Florida Voters

More than 15,000 Vote-by-Mail Ballots Flagged in Florida for Signature, Other Issues

Last Day to Request a Ballot be Mailed to You in Florida is Saturday

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