Floridians can rest assured that their votes count and that Florida will continue to conduct elections that are efficient, transparent and secure. https://t.co/0URffO6WZb pic.twitter.com/tO7pWNwILD
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 6, 2021
Fox News reports:
“I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country,” DeSantis said. “We’re making sure we’re enforcing voter ID… We’re also banning ballot harvesting. We’re not gonna let political operatives go and get satchels of votes to dump them in some drop box.”
DeSantis added: “We’re also prohibiting mass mailing of balloting. We’ve had absentee voting in Florida for a long time. You request the ballot. You get it. And you mail it in. But to just indiscriminately send them out is not a recipe for success.”
Democrat lawyer Mark Elias immediately filed a lawsuit to combat the new law.
🚨BREAKING: Minutes after Governor DeSantis signs new voter suppression law, @LWVFlorida, @BlackVotersMtr, @ActiveRetirees file federal court lawsuit.
Proud to be part of the legal team supporting these great organizations protecting the right to vote!https://t.co/KvPqM6wvhA
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 6, 2021
“SB 90 does not impede all of Florida’s voters equally,” the lawsuit alleges. “It is crafted to and will operate to make it more difficult for certain types of voters to participate in the state’s elections, including those voters who generally wish to vote with a voteby-mail ballot and voters who have historically had to overcome substantial hurdles to reach the ballot box, such as Florida’s senior voters, youngest voters, and minority voters.”
Also among its provisions is a “prohibition on the use of private funds for election-related expenses,” which is a response to the fact Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others provided funding to some states and cities last year to help run the election.
The bill also allows drop boxes but with some restrictions but they must be operated within regular voting hours and with supervision.
Thank you Governor…Your protecting every legally registered persons right to vote…Doing it right in Florida is the right way for the rest of the U.S
Thank you Governor for protecting all USA citizens. Only citizens should be allowed to vote. There’s nothing prejudice about that !! Become a citizen then you can vote. I waited seven years to become a citizen. And I haven’t missed a vote since !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
A federal suit? I thought states set their own election laws from the legislature.
There are federal laws that guide elections that affect federal positions, as well as laws that address the application of rights.
Yes but several states CHANGED laws during the voting. Only the State Legislature has that right. In several states the Secretary of State made the decisions. The ballot recount in Arizona has the Democrats going bonkers. Guess they can’t find a lying liberal judge to stop it but Arizona police are flying some kind of plane (guess it can spy) over and over around the voting building. Why are the Democrats so shook up about this? Is there something they do not want the public to know?
The fact that the Democrats do not want an audit is telling. The Democrats do not want an audit that will uncover the voting irregularities/fraud in the 2020 election.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
and get rid of the DemonRats and muslims
It’s dead voter, fake voter and people voting multiple times harassment said Ferdibar Dorkimus. We can’t exclude dead voters and fake voters from voicing their choice in elections! And voters voting multiple times use their precious time to vote! This is harassment, illegal and not right exclaimed Dorkimus. We need voter participation no matter what their condition!
GOOD JOB FLORIDA>>LETS ALL TRUST THE VOTING AGAIN>
Voter repression is not letting Democrats cheat to win, a new definition.
The Democrats have become the Political Party of LYING and CHEATING. They are working on perfecting it so all the Republicans better follow the lead of Governor Ron DeSantis and put in all the laws and rules necessary to clean up the election process.
Yes absolutely.
Call your governors in all red states. The ones in the blue states tell them you’ll work so they won’t get reelected. Like Michigan.
She is one of the worst. There are others not any better, like the Governors of New York and California, just to name a couple more.
Come on California is trying to get rid of the Emperor.
You see what the leftists did? They filed a lawsuit immediately upon the signature of this law. This is what needs to happen to all of Biden’s EO power grabs, as well as any and all laws that the leftists pass and Biden’s handlers prod him to sign.
Fight fire with fire. You want to play the lawsuit game, then we (the Repubs) can too.
Well, the Democrats finally have it right. It IS suppression, but it is crime suppression – something the the Democrats do NOT approve of. It is amazing to me just how rotten and anti American the Democrat Party has become in such a very short amount of time, in American history. Of course the reason and source is the insane radicals of the 1060s, who finally grew up and became the leadership in the modern Democrat Party. For the Democrat Party to regain its honor and credibility a whole new generation of pro Americans will have to take over the party. Otherwise, the party will simply go the way of the Communist Party – full of hate, horror, and lies forever – not suitable for Americans of ANY belief.
Wow. a governor with a BRAIN and with testicular fortitude! I’m a member of his fan club. ID verification for elections: the only thing it suppresses is CHEATING.
YEAH, it will operate to make it more difficult for certain types of voters to participate in the state’s elections, such as non-citizens(illegals), felons. double voters, people under 18 and others that are prohibited by law from voting. It does not suppress legal voters it just makes sure their vote is not cancelled out by the aforementioned illegal voters. Praise be to God for our legislators who passed this bill and our GREAT GOVENOR Ron DeSantis who signed it into law.
LISTEN UP…The REST of t he UNITED STATES Needs to FOLLOW SUIT as the FLORIDA Governor has DONE. WHAT are YOU WAITING FOR??? MORE Switched…TRASHED VOTES…Double Triple VOTING…DEAD People..ANIMALS VOTING…BUY VOTES..etcetc. DO SOMETHING!!!! STAND UP for VOTER INTEGRITY. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄