Florida’s Absentee Ballot Crackdown Faces First Legal Test (2)

A federal court on Monday began examining whether elderly, disabled, and other voters are improperly burdened by a new voting law in Florida, a crucial battleground state where casting ballots by mail has broad support.

The law limiting access to absentee ballot drop boxes, as well as restrictions on approaching voters lined up to cast their ballots in person, was enacted in response to unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 general election.

Restricting the hours that ballot drop boxes are available and requiring them to be monitored in person instead of by video creates a “gatekeeper” that will ...