Election-Related Lawsuits Pile Up in Fla.

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By ADRIAN SAINZ
Associated Press Writer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

<snip> In other legal developments related to Florida voting:

- A federal judge in Tallahassee refused Friday to immediately order Hood to change directions to county elections supervisors regarding provisional ballots, which are used when elections officials cannot find a voter's name on voting rolls. <snip>

- In another lawsuit filed by Democrats on Thursday, Hood is accused of violating federal law for telling the 67 elections supervisors that they should reject incomplete voter-registration forms. <snip>

- In DeLand, the NAACP sued Volusia County's elections supervisor, alleging that the county disenfranchises blacks. The NAACP wants another early voting site in an area of the county where more blacks live. <snip>

- In Duval County, elections officials asked prosecutors Thursday to investigate possible voter fraud involving 25 registration forms that appear to have bogus addresses, including some that match a public park, a parking lot and a Jacksonville utilities building. <snip>

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