Blacks overwhelmingly vote Democrat. The GOP knows that. They have figured out that dropboxes and mail in voting, albeit it secure, are used more by blacks vs same day voting in person. So, these laws are set up to create more obstacles for voters that disproportionately impact/suppress black voter turnout.
Judge Walker’s opinion (which you clearly have not read) outlines in detail how the Florida law is intentionally designed to negatively impact black voter turnout. For instance, in eliminating/reducing drop boxes, he writes on pages 103-04:
First, Black voters use drop boxes at a greater rate than other racial groups. Indeed, while the data from which to draw conclusions is limited, the results are remarkably consistent. Across counties and across elections, Black voters use drop boxes more than White voters. More importantly, Black voters tend to use drop boxes in just the way that SB 90 targets. That is, Black voters disproportionately use drop boxes outside of early voting and outside of typical business hours. When viewed alongside Mr. Cooper’s demographic testimony, these conclusions make sense, and bolster this Court’s confidence in its conclusion.
Black voters are overrepresented in the service sector, and they are underrepresented in management positions. So Black voters will typically work less flexible hours. They also have less access to transportation and travel farther to and from work. Thus, it is reasonable to conclude that it is harder for Black voters to get to a polling location during regular business hours.
Finally, because Black voters have less access to broadband internet, they will have a harder time figuring out when drop boxes will be open, and thus they will be disproportionately harmed by laws complicating drop box procedures. See, e.g., id. at 1199 (testimony by Supervisor Scott that, at just one polling location on election day, hundreds of people would attempt to turn in VBM ballots only to learn “that they needed to go to the Lauderhill Mall,” and that “most of the people could not make that trip for various reasons and were not able to go and drop off their ballots”). Put another way, SB 90’s drop-box provisions increase the time, transportation, and information costs of voting by drop box. Because of the lingering effects of past discrimination, these costs will fall more heavily on Black voters. Accordingly, this Court concludes that the drop-box provisions have a disparate impact on Black voters. This disparate impact weighs in Plaintiffs’ favor with respect to their challenge to the drop-box provisions.