Florida GOP leaders unveil new bill with election law changes sought by DeSantis'Confidence in the
integrity of our elections is essential to maintaining a democratic form of government,' the bill sponsor said
Zac Anderson and John Kennedy
USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/31/election-law-changes-sought-gov-ron-desantis-unveiled-new-bill/9290038002/
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A Republican state senator unveiled legislation Monday with a slew of changes to Florida's voting laws, including a proposal sought by Gov. Ron DeSantis to establish a new office investigating election fraud and a mandate to purge voter rolls more frequently.
The bill comes as former President Donald Trump continues to spread unfounded claims about fraud in the 2020 election, an issue that has enflamed the GOP base and put pressure on the state's Republican leaders to take action.
“Confidence in the integrity of our elections is essential to maintaining a democratic form of government," Sen. Travis Hutson, R-St. Augustine, said in filing the legislation, which is being proposed as an amendment to a bill (SB 524).
The legislation is scheduled for a Tuesday hearing in the Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections. It is sure to be greeted with outrage by Democrats, who have accused the GOP of using Trump's fraud claims as a pretext to make it harder to vote.
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