🗳🇺🇸 Democracy Update: Ron DeSantis signs Anti-Voter Freedom Act
News: Last week on April 25, Governor DeSantis signed SB 524, the Anti-Voter Freedom Act. What does this mean for Florida voters who believe in improving voting access to working Floridians?
The Anti-Voter Freedom Act:
What does the Anti-Voter Freedom Act do?
It includes a laundry list of new requirements for voters
unnecessary new voter file purges that could take away a voter’s right to vote without their knowledge
new unfunded mandates for counties
provisions creating what’s become known as “Desantis’ Election Police.”
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Unnecessary:
We don't need this new law enforcement bureaucracy to investigate complaints to the state’s “Voter Fraud Hotline.” There’s too much potential for voter intimidation and “witch hunts” – and people are already intimidated by the changes in last year’s bill. League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile Scoon shared in court how voter registration efforts have already been hurt by SB 90 – and the “Anti-Voter Freedom Act” would only make this worse.
Waste of our tax dollars:
This new law costs millions of dollars in state money every year (and costs county governments millions more), which is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
For more information about this, please visit our recap on our website, where you can get more summaries about voting access bills and share the facts with your friends.
News Coverage About This:
WFLA: Gov. DeSantis signs election security bill in Spring Hill
SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to create a police force dedicated to pursuing voter fraud and other election crimes at a sports bar in Spring Hill Monday afternoon. The governor said the legislation would limit ballot harvesting, ban rank-choice voting, and create a state law enforcement officials to ensure election integrity. READ MORE
CNBC: Florida governor DeSantis signs bill creating election police unit
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday to create a police force dedicated to pursuing voter fraud and other election crimes, embracing a top priority of Republicans after former President Donald Trump’s false claims that his reelection was stolen. READ MORE
Thank you so much for following along with our voting access updates from Opportunity For All Floridians. Please take a moment to visit the recap on our website, where you can get more summaries about voting access bills and share the facts with your friends.
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Thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
Christopher and the rest of the team at Opportunity For All Floridians