Florida GOP Gov. DeSantis proposes voting restriction bills for state lawmakers to pass this session
Source: CNN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a slate of voting proposals Friday that he wants lawmakers to pass in their upcoming legislative session, including restricting the mass mailing of mail-in ballots and access to ballot drop boxes.
At a news conference Friday in West Palm Beach, DeSantis, a Republican, argued that the legislation proposals will increase residents' confidence in Florida elections, strengthen election security, and transparency in the election process. DeSantis continued to peddle false claims about election security, though there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Though the details were thin about the proposed legislation, one of the measures would ban vote-by-mail ballots from being sent out to all residents, making it so only voters who request a ballot would receive one. Under the proposal, voters would need to request an absentee ballot each election year.
Another proposed measure would "address the use of ballot boxes," which DeSantis called "a big problem" and argued that residents should either mail their absentee ballot or drop it off at an election office.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/desantis-florida-election-proposals/index.html
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Fuck you DeSatan.
Faux pas
(14,659 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)If they're worried about "mail fraud" I was able to vote early in person at the Board of Elections and it was the most convenient to go on a day where I had some free time. October should be "Election Month". That's not what they want though.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)dhill926
(16,336 posts)who does Florida have on the Dem team? It's time to start going after him right now....
iluvtennis
(19,844 posts)thenelm1
(852 posts)They just keep showing us their complete disdain for their constituents. Or at least those that don't agree with them. How, or why, are we that bastion of citizen involved, inclusive self government, admired by the world, again? Tar & feathers, and a rail, is way too kind for pols of this bent. I hope a new or updated voting rights act is included in current legislative agenda. Let's see the pubbies try and play their assholish games in front of the cameras now - with all their bs policies out there for all to see. There are a lot more of us than them - or so I'd like to think.