00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 A legal battle over voting rules is brewing in Florida where Secretary of State, Cord Bird,
00:07 and 10 local election supervisors appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis are opposing the
00:11 Department of Justice involvement in the case.
00:14 The Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit challenging Florida's WET signature,
00:18 Requirement for Voter Registration, which necessitates certain individuals to physically
00:23 sign their names with a pen.
00:26 The lawsuit filed in March by Vote.org, the Florida NAACP, and two other organizations
00:31 is being represented by lawyers from the Eliza's Law Group, a firm aligned with Democrats.
00:36 Lawyers representing Bird, DeSantis, and the supervisors asked U.S. District Judge Alan
00:41 Windsor to dismiss the DOJ filing entirely, arguing that federal law does not permit the
00:46 United States to intervene in the case as it pleases.
00:49 However, Judge Windsor allowed those opposing the DOJ's filing, including the Republican
00:53 National Committee, to respond to the arguments made by federal lawyers.
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