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applegrove

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Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:37 AM Oct 23

DeSantis Is Meddling in Florida's Abortion Ballot Measure

DeSantis Is Meddling in Florida’s Abortion Ballot Measure

October 23, 2024 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 75 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/23/how-desantis-is-meddling-in-floridas-abortion-ballot-measure/

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The 19th: “Across multiple Republican-controlled states, state officials have waged legal battles and other efforts to thwart abortion rights measures from getting on the ballot or to influence the language.”

“But Florida stands out for how DeSantis is deploying multiple levers of power within his administration to discredit the amendment and even block political speech about it. While courts have pushed back on some of those efforts, they amount to the most sweeping and brazen government-funded campaigns opposing an abortion ballot measure this election cycle.”

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Applegrove:

He's just trying to stay in the national news

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