Federal appeals court upholds Florida GOP-backed voting restrictions.

A federal appeals court has upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a lower court judge who had found the laws intentionally discriminated against minority voters. The laws include limiting the use of ballot drop boxes, barring third-party organizations from collecting voter registration forms, and preventing people from engaging with voters in line. Civil rights groups challenged the law in court, but the appeals court ruled that the evidence did not show that lawmakers deliberately targeted Black voters when they passed the provisions.