Florida's Legislature passed an election bill Thursday that includes restrictions on drop boxes and voting by mail over the concerns of Democrats and voting rights activists that the restrictions would amount to voter suppression.
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Florida Passes New Law Restricting Ballot Box And Mail-In Voting | Morning Joe | MSNBC
The “Sunshine State” has now turned into the “Dictatorship State”.
@Ricky Bobby YOUR IQ IS SHOWING. NOT A GOOD LOOK.
@Magic Sam Dont worry these people from the Democrat Cult dont believe in freedom.
The Democrat CULT thanks you for your Comment. SHHHHH dont tell them about our big plan OK
Romangeneral, you are the sole person responsible for your health. If you want to forgo you liberty to comply with rules, that’s your prerogative, but don’t think your childish shaming works on everyone.
@Tēōdēdē Forgive him the Democrat Cult has indorenate him or her into the fold.
This is how democracy dies.
@Red Dwarf Really?…Tell me how “Russian Bots” stole the 2016 election again you Liberal lunatic…
@Black Lies Matter you are what’s wrong with America.
@Black Lies Matter You cannot truly believe this nonsens? Nobody ever claimed Russian Bots stole any election but they were used to influence the way some people think. If you don’t like being called a cult stop acting like one.
@Black Lies Matter RACHEL MADDOW TOLD THEM AND WHEN RACHEL SPEAKS, THE SHEEP COME A RUNNING.
No, the Dems stealing power is how it dies! And we aren’t going to continue to allow it! Deal with it!
are these GOP vote suppression laws going to be challenged in the Supreme Court?
@Black Lies Matter The GOP will do anything to remain in power like stopping people of color from voting and inciting an insurrection against the government.
its not vote suppression, its common sense
@Black Lies Matter Becuse the had DMV offince closed in the area the live, and can’t get enough time off work to going though all the hopes they need to the GET the ID
Supreme Court wouldnt hear it Dismissed for no Standing
It’s not voter suppression to require an ID. It’s called protecting election integrity. Only those opposed to protecting election integrity would be opposed to needing an ID to vote.
Sad to be a Floridian today. 😢
@Jason Dixon Maybe you don’t realize this, but it doesn’t matter if you live there, it still affects us all, so stfu
@Jason Dixon Are you still trying with that pathetic lie? We all know it was Proud Boys doing it.
Good thing you’re free to move!
@Black Lies Matter 6 day old BOT-Do Not Feed!😵
It sure is
What are they going to do after they lose another election? Restrict voting to Republicans only?
@Black Lies Matter but who is the president rn? Come on guys you hate the truth
@North Dakota America doesn’t have a President right now. You guys know Hunter Biden’s hard drives prove Biden had Chinese help.💵🇨🇳🦠😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷
@North Dakota Ever notice how Liberal’s predictions never come true? I have…
@Black Lies Matter wake up sir stop dreaming, stop living in your own dream
@Trohelio democrats always lie to their own voters.. like how they got the Latino vote and then start locking them up at the border.. please spare me about the ‘ part of truth ” democratic liars
So we have yet another set of laws to block voters or make it harder to vote. Its almost as if the Republicans don’t want people voting ….. Hmm I wonder why that is
@Paul Wilson Restricting mail in ballot drop off boxes is a suppression tactic used by Republicans, because again mail in voting favors Democrats. Maybe you should read it before suggesting that the story, which was accurate, was fake.
@Roger Longhorn Democrats use mail in voting to cheat. They also use lax identification laws to cheat.
@Roger Longhorn I bet I’m better educated than you. Do you want to compare educations? I didn’t think so…🤨🇺🇸
@Black Lies Matter please; we need advice from a genius racist schmuck really badly….thanks for your leadership…
@Black Lies Matter They cheat by voting ? That makes no sense
They can’t win on actual policies and real change to move the country forward so they’d rather change the rules and make it more difficult to better their chances. The U.S. government is a joke.
@Lauren Konno Indeed
@Lauren Konno False.
The Republicans can’t win on policies because THEY HAVE NONE! All they do is try to cling onto power by ANY (usually unconstitutional) means.
@Phillip Ridgway Indeed
Unusually unconstitutional, Philip. I guess you missed the part when Democrats acted unconstitutionally when it came to keeping humans as slaves huh— you forgot the Civil War?
Republicans see how blue this country is becoming and it scares them 😁
@7thpilot my whole family is leaving a democrat state. We realized we can pay WAY LESS in taxes and buy a house twice the size by living in Texas or Florida. We’re due to leave this year.
@Dominic Tumulty Good for you hope it all works out for you, positive move for a positive future.
@7thpilot My original plan was California but with my tax bracket I’d pay 67% in taxes. That’s just insane… and if you leave California you pay state taxes for the next 10 years. Grimy move by democrats to try to keep people from leaving their tax programs.
@Dominic Tumulty State Rule, Socialism at its best
@Jason Dixon We saw the proof on 1/6/21. We will never forget. We are coming for you.
Sickning
This is a old white south law reminding us we still have a job ahead of us.
@Tēōdēdē identification is not the issue. Restricting the type of “acceptable” ID is. Considering that 11% of Americans do no have photo ID because of various reasons (mostly poverty) potentially blocks 21 million citizens from being able to participate is the issue. The fight against voter ID laws is to ensure that all citizens can equally exercise their rights without unnecessary barriers.
@New Age Underground if a state provides ID for free, as many states do, then poverty isn’t an issue. Anyone receiving government assistance needs an ID. So, if one truly values their right to vote then they’ll do what they need to do in order to obtain ID to validate they are legally permitted to cast a vote. I’m all for free IDs because being required to pay a fee before one can lawfully enjoy a right is unconstitutional, and at the same time we have to protect the integrity of elections by making sure only those here lawfully can vote (over 30 million people are in this country illegally and as such could sway elections). If you value the integrity of elections, then you will demand every means available in protecting that integrity— including ID laws. Demand state IDs be free— that’s what you should be fighting for.
@Tēōdēdē I agree with you. A national program that provides a free ID and is accesible to these people negatively targeted by the voter ID laws can be used by a potential voter to prevent disenfranchisement. Currently, All registered voters get a voter registration card now (which should/could serve this purpose), but these voter ID laws add additional barriers that require additional ID. Unfortunately we are not there yet…Google “voting rights under HR1 and S1”
@New Age Underground attesting under penalty of perjury is hardly an effective means of ensuring election integrity. I mean, people can easily lie. At least with an ID one must provide legal documents verifying their identity before they get the ID. If people value their vote then they’ll work to obtain the necessary documents needed to cast their vote.
We don’t need a “national program”. States conduct elections and states should just make state IDs free. Stop trying to nationalize everything. There’s a reason states conduct elections and the federal government doesn’t.
@Tēōdēdē There is a reason to nationalize certain things also. Historically this has been needed to ensure equity for all Americans as we see that certain states do things differently. Your point it seems you are making is that States “should” provide this free ID, but currently that is not the case in all 50 states…passing a federal law (again HR1/S1) to ensure access to voting without the extra “work” could put us steps closer to achieving that goal of integrity and inclusion for all regardless of the state you live in.
Wait! But its still legal to have phantom candidates so they can steal votes from other candidates!
Oh yes they can and I hope the people have enough smarts to bypass these ghosts. DeSantis needs a wake up call and lose his job in the next election.
WHICH PHANTOM CANDIDATE?
@mike briganti look up phanthom candidates in Florida! They tons of them reported by news outlet throughout Florida since 1998!
@mike briganti MSNNBC did a news report about it. This woman ran for political position had a black woman on the flyer, no never saw her in person. She not black and not once show up to debate with the other candidates. She as now move to Holland. She got 2000 votes I think.
@mike briganti THIS is how terrified the republican party is of voters.
next law: Outlaw anyone other than repubs to vote…
THIS is how terrified the republican party is of voters.
@Black Lies Matter Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema did… Drumpfuck.
@eltorocal NO…THIS IS HOW DETERMINED THEY ARE TO KEEP YOU FROM CHEATING AGAIN….AND “VOTERS” PLAYED NO PART IN THIS “SELECTION”…IT WAS ALL CHEATING DEMTURDS AND DEEP STATE OPERATIVES (YOUR GOVERNMENT) THAT IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIG LIE THAT OBIDEN IS REALLY THE PRESIDENT…SMH
Bill Pii, the fraud in Texas to start. Pew gives examples as does the DOJ. Stop being disingenuous because you’re willfully ignorant.
Mandating ID to cast a vote is not being scared— it’s called protecting election integrity.
@Sheron Edge When you don’t have an education, you are a Sheron, don’t be a Sheron guys.
Grovenor of Florida has gone crazy they are completely suppression of voters and their rights!
No we are cutting down how much the left can keep cheating.
He has been crazy!!
JUST KEEP WEARING YOUR MASKS SHEEP.
NOT only Florida, Many red states go crazy after 2020 elections. SHAME ON THEM. For an Independent voter like me, RIH GQP.
Really Florida has the Best Governor in the USA, why do you think everyone is moving there If MSM didnt suppress your mind you would realize that.
This is what the GOP does when they lose FAIR elections. They make it harder to vote.
Do not let ANYONE keep you from voting. Your vote shapes the future. Your vote is power.
@Mark M it’s not “restrictive” when it’s simply ensuring the only people that vote are those legally permitted to.
No voter fraud? A woman in Texas was charged with 134 counts of voter fraud for 2020 election. Also, DOJ has other examples of voter fraud available for your viewing, too.
@Tēōdēdē That’s a BS argument. You’ve got a problem and the problem is math. In a set as large as a presidential election, circa 140, 000, 000 ballots, there will be cases of voter fraud. The number of these cases is close to zero.
Zero is the limit and the answer. There was no voter fraud! The number is so close to zero that it’s plausible that more ballots were accidently lost than were fraudulent.
What I don’t get is why you are pushing this lie? The United States has a long history of both voter suppression and voter coercion. Why don’t you just tell the truth? I want democracy in our nation and you want something else. You’re on one side and I’m on the other. It isn’t complicated.
@Tēōdēdē Ok, maybe that was unkind. You could simply be stupid or ignorant. If so I apologize. Maybe you’re not a liar.
@Tēōdēdē Is it the optics? After Trump it’s hard to believe it’s the optics. Trump was an optical disaster.
@Mark M typical dismissal of the truth. One single case is still voter fraud thereby proving voter fraud exists. If the election is close, that one case of fraud could determine the winner.
Also, one conviction does not mean just one vote is fraudulent. In 1982, It was estimated there were 100,000 fraudulent votes. That’s 100,000 cases of voter fraud. That’s easily enough to determine who wins and loses.
You clearly don’t like facts because you don’t like that you have been duped into believing there is no problem when there are 1000’s of instances in this country’s history when voter fraud occurred. The degree to which it occurred should not be relevant, especially when election integrity is all the Democrats yammered on about after the win in 2020. Now they’re upset because states are enacting legislation to help make election integrity better. They’re clearly a confused and hypocritical bunch.
Someone please tell me that this disantis guy is going to be investigated!!
Wow!! I’m speechless….how can he get be allowed to get away with this?? That’s why we have to go out there and vote, vote, vote in drones!!!
he will be right behind Guiliani withis crap and fbi gets his doors. he def sounds like he would alter votes .
This is all going to backfire in their faces, this will just make people want to vote even more.
Not to mention, should they lose control of the State Legislature AND the Governorship, their own laws will prevent them from ever winning control back. Then they’ll undoubtedly cry foul.
I was taught when you want a certain situation to happen or not happen, you usually get the exact opposite. Never underestimate anyone.