The League of Women Voters of Florida
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LWVFL Responds to Florida Legislature’s Anticipated Restrictive Reproductive Legislation
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LWV of Florida Urges Gov. DeSantis to Allow Local Control of COVID-19 Mitigation in Public Schools
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LWVFL Requests Sec. of Interior Reject Florida’s Gaming Compact
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The Biden administration has warned top Florida education officials to “reconsider your threatened actions” after the state said it would try to thwart attempts to use federal money to cover salaries of school-board members who approved mask requirements.
For reference, eight school boards face state financial penalties because of decisions to enact mask mandates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ... See MoreSee Less
The Biden administration tells Florida to 'reconsider your threatened actions' against school boards
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It's in response to the state saying it will withhold the salaries of school board members in counties that have issued mask mandates.Comment on Facebook
This is a good long read and deep dive on the effort to punish school districts, spread covid, and get rich. Of course the school districts are being threatened with punishment, but what DeSantis admin is doing is a crime against humanity. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1445455363030110208.html
Vote them out!!!!!!!!!
Ron DeSantis was in Brevard County last week saying they don't want the 'feds' here. Which was extraordinary.
Because echoing that was our state atty Phil Archer:
And our sheriff
NO MANDATES!
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Florida’s 67 county elections supervisors wrote a letter to voters Monday urging them to reject falsehoods about the 2020 election and reaffirming the integrity of the state’s voting system.
The plea, issued by the Florida Supervisors of Elections, comes after GOP county committees in Lake and Brevard County called for an Arizona-style “forensic audit” spurred by former president Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud. ... See MoreSee Less
Florida’s 67 election supervisors urge voters to reject election falsehoods, audits
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The letter, issued Monday by the Florida Supervisors of Elections, comes after GOP county committees in Lake and Brevard County called for an Arizona-style “forensic audit” spurred by former presi...Comment on Facebook
“I do not support citizen enforcement of any kind of laws because I think that’s a slippery slope,” Senate President-designee Kathleen Passidomo told reporters in reference to the Texas-style abortion law which has been proposed in Florida. ... See MoreSee Less
How a childhood lesson led Kathleen Passidomo to oppose Texas abortion law
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The Diary of Anne Frank was among her favorite books as a child.Comment on Facebook
Passidomo put her finger on the most troubling aspect of this--and other similar laws coming down the pike: the vigilante provision. What will they criminalize next? If they're paying bounties now, will they authorize shoot-to-kill-apprehension as the next level of enforcement?
Florida does that the amusement parks will suffer
Election supervisors say they'll need thousands of dollars in additional funding to meet requirements of a new election law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in May.
Voting rights groups, including the League of Women Voters in Florida, are suing over the law. ... See MoreSee Less
Florida's new election law brings increased costs, reduced service in several counties
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Election supervisors in some Florida counties say they will need thousands of dollars in additional funding to meet requirements of a new election law signed...Comment on Facebook
That money could be better spent on helping the poor and underpaid, people that don't have health care, teachers, police, roads and bridges, internet service, etc etc. This political nonsense has to stop.
What is wrong with Floridians that they continue to put people like this in office? It's an embarrassment to the state. And this wannabe fascist dictator Trump suck-up is a leading contender for the 2024 election (despite all his claims that he's only interested in being governor again) His policies have killed people in Florida due to his pandemic response, curtailed their voting, free speech, the teaching of actual history in schools, business rights, local community decisions, and agency over people's bodies, and yet people still vote for him. One has to wonder how low Florida can go. I'm afraid the answer is, just like with Trump supporters, there's apparently no bottom in how horrid he can be and still get unwavering support from his cult.
Specifically what are the new encumbrances to voting this new legislation added? Specifics please.
In a plea to officials at “all levels of government,” the group representing the state’s Republican and Democratic county elections officials are asking them to denounce “false claims” surrounding last year’s election.
“During and after the 2020 Presidential Election, the integrity of our democracy has been challenged by misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation that sows discord and undermines trust in America’s electoral process,” the memo states. ... See MoreSee Less
‘Tone down the rhetoric’: Florida elections officials tell politicians to chill out
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The memo comes after months of conspiracy theories surrounding 2020 votes.Comment on Facebook
This is the only group of Republican officials who haven't lost their collective minds.
Just what the hell is happening in this country of ours and why are all the repuglicans getting away with it. deathsantis is already acting like his fuhrer hero. He seems to think he is above the federal government.
Yes Yes Yes, our election officials are the last we can depend on.
I agree. The GOP is off the charts spreading falsehoods.
They need to clap back louder….I have been waiting for Republicans with integrity to speak out and sadly they are a rarity.
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This morning Governor DeSantis made a sudden announcement to call for a special legislative session to impose restrictions regarding federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The League believes attacking businesses and local governments doing everything they can to keep citizens safe is plain wrong. This special session could cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, put our state’s economic recovery at risk and endanger the lives of millions of Floridians. ... See MoreSee Less
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Be nice if he held a special session to deal with escalating rental rates and home insurance premiums! He keeps saying how great our economy is so this mandate isn’t impacting. Plus he’s perfectly fine with FL tremendous death rate.
Question(s) every candidate for office between now and 2022 should be asked publicly & documented: 1. In the spirit of maintaining our Democracy, do you believe that independent election experts who were hired for that State job should run our elections, or should they be subordinate to partisan State politicians’ wishes, who may overturn the voting results? 2. Do you believe Joe Biden or Donald Trump won the 2020 election? 3. Should the United States Department of Justice be directed by the President declare any election “corrupt” or to secretly investigate the President’s political opponents without any severe criminal consequences for the President? 4. If Donald Trump or Joe Biden are found guilty of any felonies in a court of law will you stand by our rule of law and support those rulings? If elected, will you promise to uphold these responses you have stated to us now, no matter what your responses are? And if you later renege on your answers will you promise to immediately resign for lying to us, your employers, during this job “interview”?”
Lots of grandstanding to retain the minority voters of Florida. I think the majority of educated voters in Florida see DeSantis for what he is…a mini trump. Hungry for power and greedy for accumulating all the money he can make. He cares nothing for average,middle class citizens pf Florida.