Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs GOP voting law; critics call it ‘un-American’
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Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging list of new voting restrictions into law Thursday, staging a misleading, made-for-TV ceremony meant to tout his credentials on a top priority for the Republican Party’s conservative base.
At a live bill-signing event aired exclusively on Fox News, DeSantis said the new law would prevent fraud and restore confidence in Florida’s elections although the state has found no evidence of widespread fraud. The move made Florida the latest GOP-led state to enact tighter voting rules over the objections of Democratic critics who charge the law only makes it harder for people, particularly the elderly and people
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The bill-signing event, which was
Shortly after DeSantis signed the bill, the League of Women Voters joined the Black Voters Matter Fund, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans and several individual Florida voters to file a lawsuit challenging the law.
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A ballot drop box in West Palm Beach, Fla., last November. Florida is the latest Republican-led state to impose voting restrictions after November’s elections.Credit.Saul Martinez for The New York Times
May 7, 2021
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, signed new voting restrictions into law on Thursday, reducing voting access in one of the nation’s critical battleground states.
Florida, which former President Donald J. Trump won by about three percentage points in 2020, is the latest Republican-controlled state, following Georgia, Montana and Iowa, to impose new hurdles to casting a ballot after November’s elections.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs elections bill in West Palm Beach May 6, 2021 at 10:06 AM EDT - Updated May 6 at 9:16 PM
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Florida s elections reform bill into law.
DeSantis signed SB90, which includes restrictions on voting by mail and ballot drop boxes, Thursday morning in West Palm Beach.
The bill-signing event, which was
A news release from the governor s office said the new law is strengthening voter identification, prohibiting the mass mailing of ballots, banning ballot harvesting and prohibiting private money from administering elections in Florida.
After the bill-signing, DeSantis held up a poster touting integrity & transparency in Florida s voting laws.
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