DeSantis Gets Win as Judges Find No Racial Bias in Voter Law (1)

A US appeals court upheld a Florida election law, overturning a federal judge who has ruled several times against the conservative agenda of Governor Ron DeSantis and viewed the voter law as discriminatory against Blacks.

The decision Thursday was a victory for DeSantis, who backed the 2021 law that tightened procedures on absentee ballot drop boxes, voter solicitation at polling places and third-party voter registration groups.

“We hold that the findings of intentional racial discrimination rest on both legal errors and clearly erroneous findings of fact,” a third-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.

The panel, in ...