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• DOJ to Florida: Stop noncitizen voter purge

  The head of the the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has demanded that Florida cease its hunt for noncitizen voters, saying it breaks a 20-year-old voter registration law.

  At issue: the 1965 Voting RIghts Act, which protects minority voters, and the federal National Voter Registration Act, which forbids states from [...]

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• DOJ to Florida: Stop noncitizen voter purge. Will FL fight DOJ?

  U.S. Department of Justice ordered Florida’s elections division to halt a systematic effort to find and purge the state’s voter rolls of noncitizens.

  Florida’s effort appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities, and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act – which governs voter purges -- Christian [...]

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• A smokin' fundraiser for Manny Diaz Jr.

  HD 103 is one of those Miami races to watch, pitting Manny Diaz Jr. against Miami-Dade School Board member Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who entered the race late and trails Diaz about $30k to $40k cash on hand as of the last reporting period, according to the state [...]

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• PolitiFact: Top Florida Republican backs Florida registration changes

  The controversial election law partially struck down by a federal judge Thursday is a frequent subject of political fodder.
  
  Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry jumped into the debate weeks ago by publishing this column in the Orlando Sentinel.
  
  The law helps curb voter fraud (which [...]

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• Jeb Bush to speak at Paul Ryan's House Budget Committee

  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will speak Friday morning at the House Budget Committee in Washington. He was invited by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., who saw an op-ed the former Florida governor wrote about removing barriers to free enterprise.
  
  Committee spokesman Conor Sweeney said the discussion [...]

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• Cuban Readjustment Act reforms get a hearing

  Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., had a hearing Thursday on his proposed changes to the Cuban Adjustment Act. Rivera wants to change the law to prohibit Cubans who claim political asylum in the United States from returning to the island nation. The proposal would revoke the residency status of any [...]

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• Rivera's Cuban Readjustment Act reforms get a hearing

  Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., had a hearing Thursday on his proposed changes to the Cuban Adjustment Act. The Miami lawmaker wants to change the law to prohibit Cubans who claim political asylum in the United States from returning to the island nation. The proposal would revoke the residency status [...]

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• Immigration reform groups decry Marco Rubio's tax fraud bill

  Some Hispanic advocacy groups who'd like to see immigration reform are unhappy with a tax fraud bill sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who they say is making it harder for poor immigrants who apply for a child tax credit with a taxpayer identification number instead of a social security [...]

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• Federal judge strikes down part of state election law

  In a much-anticipated decision, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Thursday struck down some provisions of a Florida elections law that imposed new restrictions on third-party groups that register new voters.

  Hinkle's order said that a 48-hour deadline for groups to turn in new voter registration forms is "harsh and impractical." But he [...]

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• State Rep. Joe Gibbons faces challenge from Surfside Commissioner

  Surfside City Commissioner and Democrat Sheldon Lisbon announced that he will challenge state Rep. Joe Gibbons (Hallandale Beach) in House District 100 which overlaps Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Lisbon said in a press release that he has lived in Surfside since 1996 and teaches part-time at high schools in Dade [...]

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