Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane

[In It to Win It]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anger-desantis-eases-voting-rules-164414797.html

Governor Ron DeSantis has made voting easier in certain Florida counties battered by Hurricane Ian – but only Republican-leaning ones.

DeSantis signed an executive order on Thursday that eases voting rules for about 1 million voters in Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties, all areas that Hurricane Ian hit hard and that all reliably vote Republican.

Meanwhile, Orange county, a Democratic-leaning area which experienced historic flooding from the storm, received no voting exceptions, reported the Washington Post.

The accommodations include extended early voting days and the ability for voters to send mail-in ballots from addresses not listed in voting records.

Voting rights groups had previously asked the governor to extend the statewide voting registration deadline, which ended on Tuesday, and to add more early voting days, as well as implement other accommodations.

DeSantis complied – but only for the three Republican counties.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Getting pretty obvious these fuckers really DO want Civil War II in the USA (nt)

[NCDem47]

2. Any DUer with two brain cells

Could have called this one.

REEKS of favoritism to a ruby red area. Rs NEED those Charlotte, Lee and Sarasota votes!

[intheozone]

3. What happened to the rule saying

all voters in a state must be treated equally for voting purposes. Wasn't that an argument for the decision in Bush v Gore?

[DBoon]

4. and didn't DeSantis target Covid vaccine to areas with Republican donors?