Civil Rights Groups Sue Florida Over Voter ID Law

0:00It's April 2, from coast to coast. This is U.S. News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey, with the story. Civil rights groups just dropped a federal lawsuit against Florida's new voting law that demands proof of citizenship from voters. House Bill 991 signed recently, kicks in if state records can't confirm your status, forcing folks to show passports, birth certificates, or naturalization papers to register or stay on the roles. The suit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Florida by the NAACP and retired Americans, targets Secretary of State, Cored Bird and All. 67 county election offices, claiming it slaps undue burdens on minorities, low income folks, seniors, and disabled voters who struggle to. Grab those docs. They point to Kansas, where 30,000 registrations got blocked under a similar rule, and New Hampshire, where new voters spaced major pushback. Warning this could wipe out eligible voices across the state. Florida data shows non-citizen voters are rare among 13 million registered, most flags get cleared anyway, so plaintiffs want the court to halt the.

1:09Law for violating the first and 14th amendments, keeping elections open to everyone who belongs.