Top FL lawmakers won't back near-total abortion ban or end to universal voting by mail

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s House and Senate leaders are throwing cold water on headline-grabbing bills that would eliminate no-excuse mail voting and impose a near-total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest. The proposals are unlikely to succeed during the 60-day session that started Tuesday without their support. House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said they don’t want to significantly scale back mail-in voting or further restrict abortion. “We have a lot of elderly people who like the vote-by-mail process,” said Passidomo, R-Naples. A bill ( SB 1752)...