Florida GOP's voting restrictions upheld by federal appeals court.

A federal appeals court overturned a lower court's decision on a controversial voting law approved by Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021, which placed restrictions on the use of drop boxes and set new requirements for voter registration groups, among other things. The appeals court determined that the lower court's order was based on legal errors and "clearly erroneous" findings of fact. The court also reversed the requirement that Florida needs prior clearance to change parts of voting law. The law was challenged in federal court, with the lower court framing the law as another in a long line of changes that were aimed at Democrats and placed illegal burden on minorities.