Overview

• A lower court had found Florida's election law changes intentionally discriminated against minority voters, especially Black voters.
• The appeals court rejected that finding and upheld the new restrictions signed into law by Florida's governor last year.
• The appeals court said there was not enough evidence to prove lawmakers deliberately targeted Black voters with the changes.
• The new law makes it harder to vote by mail, use drop boxes and take advantage of other methods disproportionately used by Black and Latino voters.
• Voting rights groups strongly condemned the appeals court decision, calling it an attack on voting rights that ignores the concerns of Florida's Black and Latino communities.