"Minutes after DeSantis signed the law, the League of Women Voters of Florida and two other civil ri

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Marc E. Elias
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"Minutes after DeSantis signed the law, the League of Women Voters of Florida and two other civil rights groups sued Florida's 67 counties to try to block the new restrictions."

Florida Governor Signs Republican-Backed Law Imposing New Voting Curbs
usnews.com

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Ron DeathSentence is literally drunk on power lately.

The competition to get under the bar dug by Rump so deep it can’t be seen is getting crazier and crazier.

[DENVERPOPS]

3. Obviously

a majority of Floridians voted for him and despite his actions/behavior, no one has launched a recall election........

There is not a lot to be said other than that. Actually, it is true in many states at this moment if you think about it......

Many of the Republican Governors/Senators/House Members are every bit as out of control as the Grand Master Lard Ass, even more so in some ways......

None of all these assholes must have children or grandchildren.........Of course, one of the clear markers of a psychopath is having no compassion what so ever.

Actually, the psychiatric community felt the word psychopath was too harsh and cruel, so they insist the term "sociopath" be used.
Somehow, calling a person a "Socio" doesn't quite describe them as much as calling them a "Psycho"......

[csziggy]

5. Florida has no mechanism to do a recall

The only recourse we have is to not elect him or anyone like him. Unfortunately, too many Floridians are brain dead for one reason or another and they keep electing RepuQs.

Florida used to be a somewhat sane state - we had a lot of good Democratic governors. But ever since Jeb Bush got into office, Florida has been fucked up.

[DENVERPOPS]

7. no mechanism? Isn't that convenient.........

then what is available if the population should want to get rid of him?????????

Hell the RepubliCONs here in Colorado have made attempts to try and Recall our Dem Governor a non-ending game.....

[NQAS]

2. I'd like to see commentary by experts

About the extent to which these voting measures in Florida and elsewhere are going to affect Republicans as well as the African-American voters that are the target doesn’t know. I started to see some headlines today, but I really do hope that there are people doing serious investigation into the possible impact of these regulations on white Republican voters.

[BobTheSubgenius]

4. My bad, but I haven't checked out the current political stance of The L of WV of FL

They could have easily been wildly enthusiastic about the law, for all I knew. This news makes me happy, too.

[summer_in_TX]

6. Until I got drafted to serve on the board of my county's League in Texas,

I had some misconceptions.

My mom was a lifelong League member, and an activist. But I didn't put the two together.

But these women and men are the philosophical heirs of the Suffragists who endured jail and force feeding to ensure women got the right to vote. They are a 100 year old civil rights organization.

They work tirelessly (and are firmly nonpartisan in the work they do) to expand access to voting to as many people as possible, make sure voters have the knowledge they need to be informed voters, and get out the vote.

They partner with groups like the ACLU, NAACP, LULAC and others to fight against bad bills or unfair voting practices. They have a reasoned, non-threatening approach. But I would not want to get in their way.

Our county was going to ram through polling locations without hearings before the 2020 election cycle. As nonpartisans we asked for and got a public hearing added the evening before the vote, then put the word out through allied organizations and social media. Some 143 people spoke for almost five hours at that hearing. The next day, votes that had sounded like they were heading the other way were suddenly changed. The university students in particular were allowed a location that was easier to get to than it had looked like before the hearing.

Our League had warned of a lawsuit in 2018, and suddenly the hours to vote on campus and three other locations were expanded.

At the state level, the League filed a lawsuit that prevented a mass purging of voters based on drivers license records that didn't take account of those who'd become citizens since getting them.

League members are not showy, but they are determined.

BTW, you'll like their values statement:

LWV is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to the organization’s current and future success in engaging all individuals, households, communities, and policy makers in creating a more perfect democracy.