The Florida legislature is in the process of adjourning today (May 8, Monday). No election law bills passed in the 2017 session. There were no bills introduced in 2017 to alter ballot access, even though there is a need for Florida to do something about presidential ballot access, due to the 11th circuit’s decision earlier this year invalidating Georgia’s 1% presidential petition requirement. Florida is also in the Eleventh Circuit so the Georgia decision applies to Florida.

Florida requires independent presidential candidates to submit a petition of 1% of the registered voters, just as Georgia did.

Bills for the National Popular Vote, to ease ex-felon disenfranchisement, to alter voter registration, all failed. A bill to convert elections for State Attorney and Public Defender to non-partisan elections failed.