GOP-backed voting restrictions like Florida's will appease Trump more than they'll help Republicans

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Flanked by a smiling crowd of supporters at the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the latest in a wave of Republican-backed bills restricting mail voting at an event that only Fox News was allowed to carry live.

Between Fox News scoring an exclusive for the signing and the effusive praise from the "Fox & Friends'" hosts for DeSantis, the event was clearly made-for-Trump television.

The law itself, like so many of the hundreds of others being pushed by Republican state lawmakers in dozens of states, was tailored to appease former President Donald Trump and his allies' baseless claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Senate Bill 90 requires Floridians to apply to vote by mail more frequently, restricts ballot drop boxes, and bans election offices from accepting private grants (which DeSantis derisively termed "Zuckerbucks&quot that helped many run the 2020 election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump won Florida by over 3 percentage points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-backed-voting-restrictions-floridas-194241883.html

[lees1975]

1. They will also provide motivation for activists to get around the laws and get massive numbers

of voters to the polls. That's what Democrats need to be working on now, figuring out how to get their registration numbers up and get the voters to the polls so that they can put a stop to this mess.