Don't tell me. You are completely ignorant about what is going on in your own state. What a shocker! Stop pretending that you never heard about the DeSantis and the GOP legislature passing laws to implement a new elections security office under DeSantis control, changes to make it harder to change laws by voting, barring legal help for election officials, or the court case challenging Florida's new restrictive voting laws. All of these news stories have been front & center in Florida over the past few weeks. Have you somehow managed to miss them all.
Oh, I'm not ignorant of the bill (525). I just don't have the narrative you and the Herald do. The bill: requires supervisors to conduct voter list maintenance every year instead of every two years; How does this prevent blacks from voting? require voters, beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, to include the last four digits of their Social Security number or voter ID number on their vote-by-mail certificates; How does this prevent blacks from voting? make the penalty for possessing more than two ballots other than those of a family member a third-degree felony instead of a misdemeanor. How does this prevent blacks from voting? Please provide what part of the bill restricts blacks from voting. Wasn't it you, GWB who said:
Yet you cannot address all the other restrictive voting laws in Florida outlined in the other three articles. Interesting especially you don't have a word to say about the court case challenging Florida's new restrictive voting laws. Of course, after demanding examples of laws restricting minorities from voting in Florida ... you fail to address the most obvious one. Senate Bill 90 which DeSantis signed into law.
Give me the "restrictive" voting law and I'll address it. I'm not going to go through the entire state's legislation simply because you can't form a coherent argument with two hands and a flashlight. Regarding Senate Bill 90 you just mentioned: Please tell me what part of the bill restricts blacks from voting. Here is the full breakdown of the bill. Tell me which section. Don't just rely on some news clip that doesn't even give you the bill name. What, specifically restricts blacks? The bill: Allows voters to request to vote by mail in person. Requires requests made in person or by telephone to provide a Florida driver's license number, a Florida ID card number or the last four digits of their social security number. It must be tough for an NPC to have to argue something he supports but doesn't want to admit error on because he's trying to blame DeSantis for.
Let's have you carefully read the article. Here is the text. Tell us how the Florida law does not amount to voter suppression of minorities. Shouldn't we doing our best to urge and support that all citizens get out & vote? Instead of trying to restrict them from voting. Florida voting law put under the microscope in federal court Florida is one of 19 states that enacted new voting restrictions last year that critics allege will amount to voter suppression. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...w-put-under-microscope-federal-court-n1288263 Civil rights groups went to federal court Monday morning to challenge Florida’s new restrictive voting law, lambasting state lawmakers for making it harder to vote. Florida is one of 19 states that enacted new voting restrictions last year, fueled by former President Donald Trump’s stolen election lie. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 90 into law live on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” saying the bill would protect the “integrity and transparency” of Florida’s elections. But critics, mainly Democrats and voting and civil rights groups, argued that the laws will primarily harm minority voters and suppress turnout after historic numbers in 2020. Groups including the League of Women Voters of Florida, the Black Voters Matter Fund, the Florida Alliance of Retired Americans, the Florida NAACP and Disability Rights Florida filed four lawsuits against Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee, a Republican, which were later consolidated into a single suit, which is being tried remotely over videoconference. The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee intervened to help defend the law. The plaintiffs have challenged six provisions of S.B. 90, including its limits on the use of drop boxes, its requiring identification to apply for vote-by-mail ballots, its restrictions on third-party groups that register voters, its requiring voters to request mail ballots more frequently and its ban on helping voters or providing them with food and water as they wait in line. They argue that the challenged provisions violate constitutional, voting and free speech and expression rights, among other legal claims. “If the Challenged Provisions of SB 90 are allowed to stand, countless eligible Floridians will find it unjustifiably harder to vote,” the plaintiffs wrote in a court filing. Experts, advocates, election officials and state legislators are expected to testify. Cecile Scoon, the president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, was the first witness Monday. Saying the law would hinder potential voters from registering to vote, she detailed many years of work helping voters register and participate in the election system. “This last election season, I was so proud of the state of Florida, because we’ve had so many problems, hanging chads and this and that problem, and we finally got it right,” she told the court. “These additional changes were not needed,” she continued. “It’s just limitations on ways to vote for fear of something happening.” Of particular concern to Monday’s witnesses was the requirement that voter registration organizations must include disclaimers that they might not submit registrants’ applications on time. Voting rights organizers, including Scoon, have said the disclaimer is misleading because it implies that the groups will not successfully register voters. The second witness Monday, Esteban Garces, a co-executive director of the voter registration group Poder Latinx, said the disclaimer took canvassers more time and harmed their reputation as an organization. “Our canvassers are not happy with having to essentially put ourselves out there as a not trustworthy organization,” Garces said. He acknowledged that while 55 voter registration applications were not submitted on time last year — the result of two incidents in which they "hit a bump" in the delivery process — over 40,000 applications were successfully submitted. “The disclaimer is still a misleading statement in that 99.9 percent of our voter registration applications have been submitted on time," Garces said later during cross-examination. "While it might be true, it is misleading, because it forces us to cause our reputation harm."
I haven't read, nor will I read, the article.. Instead, I read the actual bill. Please don't rely on others to tell you what to believe. Show me what part of the bill itself you are saying prevents blacks from voting? (second ask) And be careful! You're on record for supporting many of the things this bill put into law.
This is the point where you attempt to claim that since the bill doesn't use the words "This is to stop the blacks from voting" then it doesn't in suppress minority voting. Very clever. Except for the fact that nearly all the attributes pushed in the bill lead to a proven reduction in minority voting. Let's take a look at an earlier article about Senate Bill 90. Florida passes voting law that includes restrictions on vote-by-mail and drop boxes Democratic state Rep. Omari Hardy blasted the legislation as "the revival of Jim Crow" in Florida. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...includes-restrictions-vote-mail-drop-n1265765 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. Both the House and the Senate passed the bill Thursday after weeks of negotiations between Republicans in both bodies. The bill is poised to be signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has already blessed efforts to enact restrictions along these lines. The bill passed the Senate 23-17 and the House 77-40. The legislation would make a slew of changes to the state's election laws. While an earlier proposal would have banned the use of ballot drop boxes outright, the new legislation would allow their use as long as election officials follow new constraints — limits on who could drop off voters' ballots at drop boxes, a ban on moving drop boxes within 30 days of elections, restrictions on where drop boxes could be placed and a requirement that they would all have to be monitored by elections officials whenever they're open. The bill would also require voters to request to vote by mail more regularly, prohibit election officials from using private money to help pay for election administration, restrict third-party voter registration organizations, add new powers for partisan election observers and give DeSantis the leeway to appoint replacements to fill certain local political positions vacated by people running for higher office. Democrats say the last provision is targeted at local officials looking to run in a special election to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, whose death left an opening in the Democratic-heavy Miami area. Democratic state Sen. Audrey Gibson said the measure was an "attempt to create a monarchy" by giving the governor more power. Republicans softened language that would have prohibited handing out any items to voters within 150 feet of polling places, including food and water, except by elections officials. The legislation would now ban anyone from "engaging in any activity with the intent to influence or effect of influencing a voter" but allow election supervisors to provide "non-partisan assistance," such as giving items to voters within the restricted zones. During the contentious House debate Wednesday, Democrats blasted the bill as being aimed at restricting minority voters and Democrats, who relied on mail voting mail and drop boxes in significant numbers during the presidential election. And they said it was the fruit of former President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of widespread electoral fraud, arguing that it was aimed at curbing strong Democratic vote-by-mail turnout. "We are not here because we have a problem with our elections. We are here because the Republican former president lost his re-election in November, and, rather than admitting his defeat, he spun a web of lies, radicalized those lies, in an attempt to explain away the loss," Democratic state Rep. Omari Hardy said.
Not at all. If you were somehow able to actually speak with your own words and not some article (so far, you are inept at doing this) and just tell me what part of the actual bill prevents blacks from voting - we could have a discussion. But you know you're on shaky ground and the mental gymnastics you're doing are quite entertaining. Let me know if you have the ability to think for yourself for a few minutes without spamming another article.
The organizations in their lawsuit stated very directly what parts of the bill keep minorities and disabled people from voting. It cannot be made any more clear than outlined in the articles.
Watch Ron Perlman Slam Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ https://www.advocate.com/politics/2...am-florida-gov-ron-desantis-over-dont-say-gay Actor Ron Perlman had some choice words for Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis over the recently signed ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Perlman posted a video calling out the governor on Monday after the governor approved the legislation. The video has been seen more than 1.2 million times as of Tuesday afternoon. “Good morning, Governor DeSantis. Ron here,” Perlman begins before calling DeSantis a “f****** Nazi pig.” The Hellboy, Transformers, and Nightmare Alley star said DeSantis should “read about” the first amendment before dealing with legislation blocking any type of speech. He ends the video by calling DeSantis a “piece of s***.” Critics of the legislation have called it the “don’t say gay” bill. The Florida governor has emphatically pushed back against the “don’t say gay” label. The bill is officially entitled “Parental Rights in Education,” and sponsors during Florida's legislative session stressed the true focus is on leaving discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity to parents to broach for the first time. The bill states that “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.” In addition, another section of the legislation mandates that parents are informed about any changes with their children that could impact their mental, physical, or emotional health or well-being. This is regardless of whether school officials believe such disclosure could lead to abuse. Many critics worry that, in addition to the explicit restrictions on lower grade levels, the vague “age-appropriate” language will create a chilling effect for educators in all grade levels, including when discussing these matters with children ready to come out as queer. Last week, Perlman posted other videos calling out Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas over their questioning of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Watch Perlman comment on DeSantis below.