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Effective today Florida’s Elections laws have changed. Governor Rick Scott signed a controversial elections bill this afternoon.

The new law shortens early voting from two weeks to eight days, forces people who change their registration information the day they vote to cast a provisional ballot, and decreases from 10 days to two the amount of time third party voter registration groups have to turn in voter applications. Lawmakers passed the bill and Governor Rick Scott signed it saying it would help curb voter fraud… Yet there were only four arrest warrants issued for voter fraud over the last four years. Secretary of State Kurt Browning, held a news conference to discuss the new law today… he says it’s about being proactive.

“I’d much rather address problems before they rise, then get hit in the face with a full-blown problem and not have a plan to solve it,” said Browning.

Governmental watchdogs, like Brad Ashwell with Florida Public Interest Research Group, say the bill is really about keeping Democrats from voting.

“The governor had a change to say he wasn’t a politician as usual, he wasn’t just another party player and he passed a blatantly partisan bill. If you look all the different piece of this bill that are controversial, they all benefit one political party, the party in power,” said Ashwell.

The US Justice Department will review the changes to see if they violate the Federal Voter Rights Act.