To hear Gov. Ron DeSantis tell it, Florida âhad the smoothest, most successful election of any state in the country.â Yet, if he has his way, Republicans in the Florida Legislature will pass new laws that will suppress the vote in order to ensure âelection integrityâ in future contests. In a playbook Republicans across the country are using after President Joe Bidenâs decisive victory in November, DeSantis announced his support for new restrictions on voting by mail and on ballot drop boxes, needed, he claims, to clean up election nightmares that have plagued the stateâs reputation since the neck-and-neck George Bush vs. Al Gore fight in 2000.