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In Wake of Florida Election Law, It's Already Harder to Register Voters of Color
佛羅里達州選舉法的頒布使有色人種選民的登記變得更加困難
BY ADRIAN CARRASQUILLO
作者：阿德里安·卡拉斯基洛
A restrictive new voting law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is already facing legal challenges, after voting rights experts warned this Spring that it creates new hurdles for voters of color.
佛羅里達州州長羅恩·德桑蒂斯簽署的一項新的限制性投票法已經面臨法律挑戰，此前投票權專家今年春天提醒道，該法案為有色人種選民設置了新的障礙。
Although it was signed into law just last month, grassroots groups tasked with wading through its aftermath told Newsweek that its effects are already being felt.
盡管該法案上個月剛剛簽署成為法律，但負責處理善后工作的草根組織告訴《新聞周刊》，其影響已經顯現。
The law, known as SB90, targets vote by mail, which had previously been used by Republicans in Florida, but became popular among Democrats during the last voting cycle. The new law now requires voters to request an absentee ballot every two years, rather than every four years, as it was in the past.
這項被稱為SB90的法案以郵寄投票為目標，此前佛羅里達州共和黨人曾使用郵寄投票，但在上一輪投票周期中，郵寄投票在民主黨人中大受歡迎。新法律現在要求選民每兩年申請一次缺席投票，而不是像過去那樣可以每四年申請一次。
It also limits use of drop boxes, imposes more identification requirements for absentee ballots, and requires voters to remember how they registered to vote in previous elections in order to register again.
新法還限制了投遞箱的使用，對缺席選票規定了更多的身份要求，并要求選民記住他們在以前的選舉中是如何登記投票的，以便再次登記。
Mi Vecino, a new data-focused Florida group formed in the aftermath of the 2020 election, said it has already seen how the new requirements are more onerous for voters of color, who may be hesitant to provide more personal information than before.
佛羅里達州在2020年大選后成立的一個新的以數據為中心的組織Mi Vecino表示，他們已經看到了新的要求對有色人種選民來說是多么的繁重，這可能會使有色人種選民不愿提供比以前更多的個人信息。
The group told Newsweek that they were set to register a young Latino man at a tax collector's office near West Palm Beach Wednesday. The staffer asked for his driver's license and the last four numbers of his social security number, in order to ensure there would be no problems with his voter registration.
該組織告訴《新聞周刊》，他們將于周三在西棕櫚灘附近的一家稅務局為一名年輕的拉丁裔男子登記。工作人員要求拉丁裔男子出示駕駛證和社保號碼的最后四個號碼，以確保他的選民登記沒有問題。
But when the young man called his mother for his social security number she wouldn't give it to him. She was worried about him giving so much personal information to someone at a time when his cousin was facing deportation.
但當這個年輕人打電話給母親要自己的社保號碼時，她的母親不肯給他。此時兒子的表哥面臨被驅逐出境的問題，所以她對兒子泄露如此多的個人信息表示擔憂。
These are the real life challenges for people of color, said Alex Berrios, a Puerto Rican and Cuban co-founder of Mi Vecino. His co-founder, Devon Murphy-Anderson, is the former finance director for the Florida Democratic Party, who has already raised $250,000 for the group, despite not having her first call with donors until February, and officially launching in March.
Mi Vecino組織在波多黎各和古巴的聯合創始人亞歷克斯·貝里奧斯表示，這些都是有色人種在現實生活中面臨的挑戰。他的聯合創始人德文·墨菲·安德森是佛羅里達州民主黨的前財務總監，她已經為該組織籌集了25萬美元，盡管直到2月才與捐贈者進行第一次通話，并于3月正式啟動籌款。
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