Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.14.21
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Ron DeSantisâ COVID-19 response may be getting dragged through the mud by national media, but a new survey shows Florida voters are fans.
Polling firm Cygnal surveyed 800 likely general election voters in Florida and found 60% believe DeSantis has done a good job navigating the state through the pandemic. That beats the 58% approval earned by the Joe Biden administration and the 49% approval for
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Ron DeSantis gets high marks for his COVID-19 response strategy.
Floridians arenât just fans of DeSantisâ plans; theyâre fans of the man himself, handing him a plus-17 job approval rating halfway through his first term. The media, which has taken to thrashing DeSantis a few times in recent weeks, earned a minus-14 approval rating from the same set of voters.
She’s lived at the same address in Germantown for five years, she said
“I don’t even understand how they could have misinformation,” Brunt said. “They knew where to send my taxes. They knew how to get a hold of me when I owed them.
“It’s typical of government, that’s all I can say.”
Brunt is one of several thousand voters who say they were wrongly flagged by the state Elections Commission as having moved. It’s now up to the state Supreme Court to decide whether voters like her should be pushed off the voter rolls as the state cleans up its voter registration records.
April 7, 2021
Patagonia, never ones to be too far from a cause they believe in, are entering Georgia’s voting rights fray. The outdoor apparel giant announced that they’ll split a million dollars between the New Georgia Project and the Black Voters Matter Fund. Those two groups were at the forefront of the opposition to the legislation signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp last week.
“I call on fellow CEOs to join in denouncing these attacks on our democracy and to do more than make a corporate statement,” CEO Ryan Gellert wrote. “The strength of our democracy depends on every vote being counted everywhere, and we must protect access to the ballot box.”
Broadway and screen actors are coming together to support the Equal Rights Amendment at the virtual Living Equality fundraiser and awards gala on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET.
The Living Equality Gala and Awards is the first annual fundraising gala for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Coalition/Fund for Women s Equality (FFWE), and will feature musical performances, personal testimonies and shared experiences, and a live auction.
Among the other special guests attending the Living Equality Gala and Awards are the renowned equality activist Gloria Steinem, who will be presenting Michelle Kydd Lee and Tina Tchen with the Gloria Steinem Living Equality Award; and actress and activist Alyssa Milano. Caroline Clarke, journalist and author, will be co-emceeing the event with actress and equality advocate Debra Messing.
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What Other States Can Learn from Georgia’s Historic Elections
Demonstrators protest outside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021, in Atlanta. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting by mail.
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Organization, outreach, money, and meeting people where they are is the key to changing political winds.
Apr 8, 2021
Political watchers across the country have had Georgia on their minds lately and for good reason. After a historic, whirlwind election cycle in which the reliably Republican state not only made President Joe Biden the first Democrat to carry Georgia since 1992, but also delivered Democratic control in the U.S. Senate, the Republican-controlled state legislature has enacted draconian new voter restricti