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Black lawmakers say Florida’s new elections laws make it harder for minorities to vote. They’re trying to amend a new election bill to bring back voting on the Sunday before elections. They say the Soles to the Polls Campaign that organizes blacks to vote after church can’t work under the new rules. State Senator Chris Smith is asking legislative leaders to restore early voting.

“It forbids them from exercising their Souls to the Polls. It has stopped early voting on that last Sunday. I don’t know why. If fraud is going to happen it’s not going to suddenly happen that last Sunday,” said Smith.

The new law cut early voting from 14 days to 8 days. Counties can still host early voting on Sunday, just not the Sunday before the election.