Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill making climate change a lesser priority under state law and banning offshore wind turbines near the lengthy coastline
Florida has a long and storied history of disenfranchising voters through criminal prosecution. Its the state with the sixth highest false conviction rate and a steadily increasing rate of Alford Pleas (aka pleas in which you assert innocence but do not contest a guilty verdict, typically on the grounds of legal expense or in order to obtain release from jail pending a delayed trial).
They’re also some of the most aggressive in purging voter rolls of elderly minority voters, they’re heavily gerrymandered, and they have some of the most rigid rules around participating in primaries nationally.
I feel bad for the people who didn’t vote for this guy, but are stuck there and have to pay the price for these shitty decisions.
Also, let’s not forget that DeSantis can’t do anything unilaterally. A whole legislature made this possible.
Florida has a long and storied history of disenfranchising voters through criminal prosecution. Its the state with the sixth highest false conviction rate and a steadily increasing rate of Alford Pleas (aka pleas in which you assert innocence but do not contest a guilty verdict, typically on the grounds of legal expense or in order to obtain release from jail pending a delayed trial).
They’re also some of the most aggressive in purging voter rolls of elderly minority voters, they’re heavily gerrymandered, and they have some of the most rigid rules around participating in primaries nationally.
This has resulted in some record low turnout figures, most notably in the recent primary, in which only 19% of eligible voters participated.