Florida Gov. DeSantis signs sweeping elections bill that will make it easier for him to run for president, a move that comes hours after he formally filed to make a bid for the White House.
Francis Chung / POLITICO via AP fileTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections billthat will make it easier for him to run for president, a move that comes hours after he formally filed to make a bid for the White House.
They also created exemptions to state public records laws to make DeSantis’ travel and potential donor meetings more opaque, and, in a last-minute move, gave him an additional $1 million for staff raises to help keep his core team together ahead of a likely presidential run. Trump has tried to frame the underlying bill, which includes several Florida election law changes, as DeSantis weakening “election integrity,” a term that has become a mainstay in the conservative lexicon when discussing election reforms. Florida, for three years in a row, has passed sweeping election bills that have prompted lawsuits and concerns of voter suppression from Democrats and voting rights groups.
“Black and Hispanic voters are five times more likely to be registered to vote by these organizations than white voters,” Kirk Bailey, political director of the ACLU of Florida, said in a statement. “Lawmakers know this is a bill that would disproportionately impact many Black and brown Floridians who rely on community-based groups to keep them updated on voting rules, which are already difficult to understand.
Republican supporters argued the provision, which would also apply to past travel, is needed for safety reasons.
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