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The FSU Student Senate is condemning changes to Florida’s election laws and recent voter purge efforts.

Wednesday the student senate passed resolution 43 which says “We the students at the Florida State University find the voter suppression tactics employed by the State of Florida are completely unacceptable, and demand that the state halt any further efforts to purge the voter registry.” We asked Governor Rick Scott about the resolution. Scott pointed to an increase in absentee voting as evidence his policies aren’t suppressing votes.

“The proof is in the pudding. Look at what’s happened. If you take from 2008 to the primary this year, absentee votes or early voting was up 52 percent, a dramatic increase,” said Scott.

The student senators are calling on other student governments to adopt similar resolutions. As for the state’s efforts to remove illegally registered voters from the roles, they’ve been put on hold until after the election.