The bill calls for voters to provide proof of citizenship at election offices, while ending voter registration drives, mail-in and online registration.
"The governor is treating us like this is a plantation and he is a mini-king," said Father José Rodríguez of Orlando's Jesus of Nazareth Episcopal Church.
The worst practitioners of racial gerrymandering are Republicans, but it has also occurred in some states where Democrats dominate the process, such as Illinois.
Cecilia González Herrera's earliest memories are of the successive closure of independent television channels and newspapers in her country, Venezuela.
