No doubt Red state Republicans are trying to more directly ‘own’ the vote process in those states….
Lawsuits will be coming shortly in Florida like in Georgia….
Florida on Thursday passed new voting laws that place restrictions around vote-by-mail and ballot drop boxes.
Florida’s state legislature passed a bill that specifies who can drop off a ballot at a drop box and where drop boxes can be placed. It also stipulates that drop boxes cannot be moved 30 days before the election and that an election official must be around when the drop box is opened, NBC News reported.
Along with drop boxes, voters will have to request to vote by mail more frequently. The bill also gives new powers to election observers and specifies that private funds cannot be used to pay election officials….
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Florida joins Georgia in passing more stringent voting laws. Georgia earlier this month passed stricter voting laws that resulted in outrage from Democrats, including President Biden, who compared the Peach State’s new voting restrictions to Jim Crow laws. Other states with GOP-controlled legislatures such as Arizona are also looking at amending voting laws.
A Florida state Democrat, Rep. Omari Hardy, mimicked language used to describe the Georgia voting bill in calling Florida’s bill the “the revival of Jim Crow in this state, whether the sponsors admit it or not.”…
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One would think that these restriction will also cut Republican vote totals also….
Hmmmmmm?
The GOP voter suppression mask just slipped. Some Florida Republicans privately floated the idea of exempting elderly and military voters (GOP constituencies) from their efforts to make voting harder.
My latest, relying on great @AmyEGardner reporting:..
Greg Sargent…
Ooops?
Florida Republicans Worry Voting Restrictions May Backfire
Washington Post: “Virtually every narrow Republican victor of the past generation — and there have been many, including two of the state’s current top officeholders, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott — owes their victory, at least in part, to mail voting.”
“Now, some Florida Republicans are reacting with alarm after the GOP-dominated state legislature, with DeSantis’s support, passed a far-reaching bill Thursday night that puts new restrictions on the use of mail ballots.”
Said one Florida Republican consultant: “The main law that we pass when we pass election bills in Florida is the law of unintended consequences.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed broad legislation Thursday morning that imposes new rules on voting and new penalties for those who do not follow them, hailing the measures as necessary to shore up public faith in elections even as critics accused him of trying to make it harder to vote, particularly for people of color.
“Me signing this bill says, ‘Florida, your vote counts,’ ” DeSantis said in a live interview on the Fox News show “Fox & Friends.” He added: “Your vote is going to be cast with integrity and transparency, and this is a great place for democracy.”…
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The Florida Gov only let Fox News cover this….CNN