The Guardian: What we learned from our Florida voting rights investigation [View all]

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What we learned from our Florida voting rights investigation
Sam Levine, The Guardian, 10/28/2023

A crackdown by Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans has spent millions pursuing rare voter fraud, hampered voter registration and weakened Black voters’ influence

Since taking office in 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republicans who control the Florida legislature have led one of the most aggressive efforts to restrict voting – particularly in Black communities – in the United States.

It’s an attack that has unfolded on many fronts. The state has prosecuted people confused about their eligibility to vote. DeSantis’s administration has levied significant fines against voter registration groups, in some cases for minor errors. Republicans have rewritten Florida’s election laws to create new voting barriers, weakened Black political power in the state, and used a new state agency to intimidate voters.

The Guardian has been investigating Ron DeSantis’s attack on voting rights. Here are a few of the most consequential actions DeSantis, who is running for president, has taken to restrict voting.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/28/florida-voting-rights-investigation-ron-desantis

Edited to add the actions explained in the article:

He created an agency to crack down on voter fraud with troublesome results
He’s prosecuted people confused about their eligibility to vote
He’s intimidated groups trying to register voters
He’s directly weakened the influence of Black voters