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In Walker’s first order, he said that “it is remarkable that it takes a coalition of voting rights organizations and individuals to sue in federal court to seek minimal compliance with the plain language of a venerable 53-year-old law.”

While Walker’s two orders against Hogan were mostly blistering, he did praise Hogan for providing official ballots in Spanish, which wasn’t something Walker had explicitly required.

Nonprofit organizations Mi Familia Vote Education Fund, Hispanic Federation, Faith in Florida, UnidosUS, and Vamos4PR filed the lawsuit.

According to an emergency motion filed Sunday, “plaintiffs learned earlier today (Sunday, November 4, 2018) that Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan (“Duval Supervisor Hogan”) is not providing any Spanish-language facsimile ballots at early voting sites.”

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