A long-running lawsuit about providing Spanish-language ballots and election materials in 32 Florida counties is reemerging, with plaintiffs saying new state rules don’t go far enough and Secretary of State Laurel Lee saying she shouldn’t even be part of the case.

The case, filed in 2018, centers on allegations that elections officials have not complied with part of the federal Voting Rights Act related to Spanish speakers who were educated in Puerto Rico. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in May 2019 issued a preliminary injunction that required 32 counties to take a series of steps, including providing Spanish-language ballots and materials, in time for the March 2020 presidential primary election.

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