A Senate subcommittee field hearing on new elections laws approved by Florida and several other states has been scheduled for Jan. 27 in Tampa, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson announced Monday.
Nelson, D-Fla., asked for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Rights hearing earlier this year to look into the controversial new law in Florida and similar bills across the nation.
“The community has many diverse groups of voters that might be affected the most under Florida’s new law, like seniors, young voters and minorities,” Nelson said in a news release.
“One recent and credible study says new laws like Florida’s could suppress millions of votes nationwide in the 2012 election.”
Republican supporters of the measure, which passed the Legislature in the spring and makes a variety of changes to voter-registration and early-voting laws, say it will crack down on potential voter fraud.
