Legal Challenges Mount Against Florida's Voting and Education Policies.

The Florida NAACP, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans and Vote.org have filed a federal lawsuit against Florida's Secretary of State Cord Byrd and the state's 67 election supervisors over a requirement that those without a state driver's license must provide a handwritten signature to register to vote. The plaintiffs allege that the "Wet Signature Requirement" violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and serves no purpose other than to impede some Floridians’ right to vote. Voting rights advocates and critics of the wet signature requirement say it restricts the legal rights of people in Florida, while proponents of the rule argue that it protects against instances of election fraud.