TFC News Brief – 10/20/16

  • A federal judge rejected a request by the Democratic Party to allow voters who registered late in the process to use regular ballots rather than provisional ballots.
  • The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Jacob Dougan, who’s spent 41 years on death row for a racially-charged murder in Jacksonville in 1974.
  • The Department of Environmental Protection heard public comment in Orlando on a rule requiring immediate public notification of pollution events.