Outrage as Florida Republicans seek to 'disenfranchise' thousands of young voters

Legal experts were left outraged Saturday as the NAACP pushed back against a new Florida law that critics argue will “disenfranchise” thousands of young voters.“This is voter suppression!” argued attorney Karen Kenyatta Russell, the daughter of the late NBA player and civil rights activist Bill Russell, writing in a social media post Saturday.Earlier this year, Florida state lawmakers passed House Bill 991, a piece of legislation similar to President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act in that it requires voters to prove their citizenship to register to vote. The law will also bar university-issued ID cards as voter identification at the polls, starting next year.The NAACP challenged Florida’s new law with a lawsuit filed Friday, seeking to have the student ID ban overturned. In the lawsuit, the NAACP argued the logic behind the new law was inconsistent given the forms of voter identification that are still permitted.“First, the Governor defended the...