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ORLANDO, Fla. â Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out a new legislative proposal Friday to restrict voting by mail, which is a method most often used in the past by his own political party.
That is, until the 2020 presidential election, when, for the first time in years, more Florida Democrats voted by mail than Republicans
What You Need To Know
Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed restricting voting by mail in Florida
The move comes after more Democrats voted by mail than Republicans for the first time in years
DeSantis is pushing the changes despite no evidence of any major problems with the vote-by-mail system during the 2020 presidential election
By Mitch Perry Hillsborough County PUBLISHED 4:52 PM ET Feb. 19, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:52 PM EST Feb. 19, 2021
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. While there was a lot of rhetorical harmony between Republican and Democratic members of the Hillsborough County legislative delegation at a pre-session discussion on Friday, that bonhomie shattered when discussing a bill pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis that has been depicted as cracking down on violent protests.
“So House Bill 1 is one that I am very, very concerned about, because it does not protect our First Amendment right to peaceful protest. It attacks it,” said Hillsborough County Democratic state Rep. Fentrice Driskell at a Tampa Tiger Bay virtual forum on Friday.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. Rather than focus on the controversy surrounding the Cuomo administration’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, 1199 SEIU, which represents staff in the facilities, seized on the added spotlight to again push for reform. I don t want to focus so much on the executive order like it had some big impact although, it may have, but really the issue is going forward is finding a solution, Administrative Organizer Marshall Bertram said. How do we fix these nursing homes that were struggling before this?
The tactic, which included demonstrations and vigils across the state this week, seemed to work as Friday the governor announced a package of reforms he says he will insist need to be in the budget.