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Arrests video shows the infuriating mess of DeSantis' voter crackdown
10/22/2022 9:00:00 PM DeSantis is reviving Florida' s history of terrorizing Black voters This video proves it via @TheReidOut Blog
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DeSantis is reviving Florida's history of terrorizing Black voters. This video proves it. (via TheReidOut Blog) Florida’s governor is using armed officers to crack down on voting as part of a push to sow doubt about election integrity. Here’s the infuriating footage. The effort apparently is focusing on voterswho have been victims of a confusing process— one DeSantis personally complicated. In 2018, Floridians voted widely in favor of a state constitutional amendment that allows people convicted of felonies to vote, but not people convicted of murder and sexual offenses. DeSantis was elected governor that year, and in 2019 he signed into lawa bill requiring felons to pay all outstanding court fees, fines and restitution to victims before they are able to legally vote. That made an already complex process even hairier for some people, who eagerly took advantage of the felony enfranchisement law without knowing their eligibility status for certain. Read more:
MSNBC » Shock videos of Fla. handcuffing Black voters show true stakes of ‘22 election Charges Dismissed For Florida Man Arrested In Ron DeSantis's Voter Fraud Crackdown Voter fraud charge dismissed in first challenge to arrests by DeSantis' elections crimes unit Videos showing people surprised over voter fraud arrests puts rights for Florida felons in focus Snap sets off alarm bells in ad-reliant social media sector
Snap Inc shares sank more than 30% on Friday and hit their lowest since the pandemic, after the company's forecast of zero revenue growth pointed to more pain ahead for a social media sector heavily dependant on digital advertising. Read more >> thereidout Fight back and sue those rotten basturds. thereidout If that's the case then Pelosi is responsible for the Capitol police just letting people into the Capitol, I mean she is in charge of them thereidout GovRonDeSantis is trying to discourage Black voters from voting for RepValDemings who is running for the Senate. He is trying to help Senator Rubio who should be fired! Time for the Trump sycophant Rubio to go home and find another job! thereidout I smell a lawsuit.... thereidout DEMOCRATS ARE DESPERATE TO SCREW REPUBLICANS OVER AND LIE ABOUT ANYTHING thereidout Garbage. Felons voted when they knew they forfeited that right. And wow, what a surprise, they got arrested for it. I know it's strange to see that happen, but you all better get used to more of it. thereidout You are nothing more than an extension of the current regime spreading false hate to further divide our people. STOP!! thereidout thereidout The 55 year old woman had been incarcerated for second degree murder. In your article, you state that felons can't vote if they have been found guilty of murder. Why is this confusing? thereidout lol MSNBC is an absolute clown show. thereidout John Fetterman terrorizing a unarmed black man chasing him with a shotgun Shock videos of Fla. handcuffing Black voters show true stakes of ‘22 electionThose infuriating videos of Black people arrested by Ron DeSantis' Orwellean voting test force is proof that our liberty is on the Nov. 8 ballot. thereidout Not true, just not true. What is true is that DeSantis is going to win by a landslide on November 8th and if he does run for president in 2024 it will be another landslide victory for DeSantis. thereidout Exactly- it’s awful, and the DNC harrisonjaime has deserted us here. thereidout If MS in BC is saying it that confirms it it's a lie. thereidout bullshit thereidout Is shame even possible for the leftist any more? thereidout Lmfao thereidout Hahaha. thereidout DeSantis must be Defeated. Worst Florida Governor ever! thereidout I can't understand their existence, even though the United States itself is, so to speak, an extreme right-wing country. I think it's probably the same for them. Amen, lack of study thereidout MSDNC CONSTANTLY PLAYS THE RACE CARD BUT IN REALLY THEY'RE THE REAL RACISTS & SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED UNTIL THEY TAKE DIVERSITY TRAINING! Charges Dismissed For Florida Man Arrested In Ron DeSantis's Voter Fraud CrackdownThe ruling may influence the 19 other election fraud cases brought by the state’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security. It was a damn cruel GOP psyop to discourage other from voting. Voter fraud charge dismissed in first challenge to arrests by DeSantis' elections crimes unitA Miami-Dade Circuit judge threw out the case against Robert Lee Wood, who was charged by Gov. Ron by DeSantis' elections crimes unit for alleged voting fraud. And rightly so. Videos showing people surprised over voter fraud arrests puts rights for Florida felons in focusThis comes after newly released police bodycam footage shows that three of the 20 people who were arrested in Florida for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election appeared to be surprised that they had done anything wrong. DeSantis’ scaremongering about election fraud wasting our tax $! Instead of focusing on getting us affordable insurance or paying teachers, he does political stunts. Any1 who still supports that clown is a joke… curious that no cops sent to The Villages. Hmmmm So 17 weren’t ? What’s your point ? Somebody told them incorrectly. Probably walked them thru the whoke process. We need to hold those people accountable. This is a dumb headline you walk in show I’d vote! Local news is supposed to be better than click bait ACLU Accuses DeSantis of 'Grotesque Abuse of Power' for Voter Arrests'When people register and/or vote without realizing they're ineligible, the proper course should be to cancel their registration, not prosecute them,' says ACLU of Florida after videos showed confused people, mostly Black, being arrested for alleged 'voter fraud.' ACLUFL If you're a US citizen, you should be allowed to vote, no exceptions. Videos of stunned Floridians being arrested on voter fraud charges sparks renewed criticism'The body camera footage reveals the real, human impact of these anti-voter schemes and the confusion it has created,' the ACLU of Florida said in a statement. The footage of DeSantis’ crackdown in action is infuriating to watch.Office of Election Crimes to target supposed unlawful voters.By.What you need to know about the 2022 amendments Voting rights have blasted DeSantis and his newly created election crimes unit for attempting to intimidate voters, especially minority voters. The effort apparently is focusing on voters who have been victims of a confusing process — one DeSantis personally complicated. In 2018, Floridians voted widely in favor of a state constitutional amendment that allows people convicted of felonies to vote, but not people convicted of murder and sexual offenses. In 2018, Florida voters passed a referendum — to the chagrin of Republicans like DeSantis — that restored the vote to people convicted of felonies who’d served their time. DeSantis was elected governor that year, and in 2019 he signed into law a bill requiring felons to pay all outstanding court fees, fines and restitution to victims before they are able to legally vote. That made an already complex process even hairier for some people, who eagerly took advantage of the felony enfranchisement law without knowing their eligibility status for certain. Nathan Hart, 49, previously convicted of a sex crime, was pretty sure he was ineligible to vote, but in March 2020, a functionary at the motor-vehicles office told him to register anyway. The woman in the video above, for example, is 55-year-old Romona Oliver, who served nearly two decades for second-degree murder, according to the Tampa Bay Times." In a joint statement Friday, the Legal Defense Fund, Brennan Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Florida applauded the Miami-Dade judge's decision. After her release, she reportedly registered to vote in early 2020, wanting to immediately take advantage of the voter enfranchisement law — and later received a voter ID card from the state. “‘If they don’t, then you can’t. As The Washington Post reported , it’s a common story among people ensnared in DeSantis’ voter crackdown. Perhaps unsurprisingly for those familiar with voter suppression tactics, 12 of the 19 people initially arrested by DeSantis’ vote police in August were registered as Democrats and at least 13 of them are Black, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The Office of Election Crimes has arrested 19 people so far, which has provided DeSantis with some great political theater to burnish his presidential ambitions with Fox-News-watching couch potatoes. This evokes memories of revanchist white politicians in the South after the Civil War. Florida has . But in targeting voters who in the past were convicted of the worst crimes of murder or sex offenses — even if, as their lawyers note, many have spent years rebuilding their lives, with stable jobs and families — DeSantis is counting on support from people who will having little sympathy for those arrested. DeSantis said those arrested were felons who were ineligible to vote and were being charged with third-degree felony fraud.