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Fact-Checking Scott On Early Voting Law

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The Governor of Florida got a dressing down from the Attorney General of the United States recently. In a letter to Rick Scott late last month, Attorney General Eric Holder warned Scott that he's "carefully monitoring" voter access in the state.

Holder wrote that he is "deeply disturbed that during your tenure, your state has repeatedly added barriers to voting and restricted access to the polls." One thing cited by Holder was 2011 changes in state law that "significantly narrowed the early voting window."

Scott said that's not true and pointed an accusing finger back at Holder saying, "Attorney General Eric Holders' own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law about early voting in Florida."

Who's right about this? WUSF's Craig Kopp talks with PolitiFact Florida's Josh Gillin

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