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Florida Governor Rick Scott has only until Saturday to sign, veto or ignore the controversial elections bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month (which would also result in its passage).

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Scott had little to say about the legislation, other than to state the obvious: he only has a few days to make a decision on it. "The things that I care about with regards to election (bill) is I want to make sure people have the opportunity to vote. I want people to get out to vote. And I don't want fraud."

But critics say the bill will restrict people's opportunity to vote.