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St. Petersburg TimesTALLAHASSEE — Ten state legislators — five senators and five House members — have been issued subpoenas in the ongoing lawsuit over federal review of controversial sections of a new election law. The subpoenas were issued by a Washington, D.C., law firm that represents the League of Women Voters of Florida and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic voter advocacy group.
The two organizations intervened in the case of State of Florida vs. United States of America and Eric H. Holder Jr., the U.S. attorney general. The state-initated lawsuit asks a three-judge panel to "pre-clear" or approve four specific sections of the new election law to ensure that they do not violate the civil rights of minority voters in five counties: Hillsborough, Collier, Hardee, Hendry and Monroe.
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Among many other demands, the subpoena tells Baxley and the others to produce "all documents concerning your, or any other legislator's, reasons, justifications, rationales, interests and/or purposes in enacting any of the four sets of voting changes." The law firm's representative declined to discuss why specific legislators were issued subpoenas.
The other House members whose records were demanded are Reps. Keith Perry, R-Ocala; Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach; Jimmy Patronis, R-Panama City; and Trudy Williams, R-Fort Myers. Senators who were subpoenaed include Sens. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton; Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale; Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland; Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey; and John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/ten-florida-lawmakers-get-subpoenas-in-election-law-case/1203946
Dockery and Fasano were the only Senate Republicans who voted against the bill.
Meanwhile, Republican leadership is doing everything it can get away with to abolish voting rights of non-Republican voters, by pursuing secretive tactics in redrawing new voting districts. This fight will be out in the open very soon.
Occupy Tallahassee might be a good counter-tactic in this fight.