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Disenfranchising voters has long been one of the Republican Party\u2019s many pet projects. For the most part, they\u2019ve done it by using sneaky, indirect measures, like gerrymandering and limiting the use of ballot drop boxes. And while that\u2019s been quite effective, at least one Florida lawmaker has decided that it\u2019s high time the GOP drops the charade and just\u2026bans the Democratic Party from elections. Which we assume has Republicans in other states wondering why they didn\u2019t think of that themselves.<\/p>\n
Per Spectrum News 13<\/a>:<\/p>\n A new proposed bill could pave the way for the official removal of the Democratic Party from official voting information if passed in this year\u2019s legislative session in Tallahassee. The bill, currently titled SB 1248, calls for the state Division of Elections to cancel the \u201cfilings\u201d of a political party, to include party registration and approved status in any and all elections if that party\u2019s platform had previously advocated for slavery, or involuntary servitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n Although not explicitly listed, the Democratic Party, which was popular in the nation\u2019s South during Reconstruction, would fit the description.\u00a0Economics and civil rights fueled significant changes in both parties in the years since. The bill includes language that would require any voter currently registered as a member of a canceled party to be notified by that political party to update their voter registration to an approved and active political party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n The bill was filed by Florida state Senator Blaise Ingoglia<\/strong> who argued that this is simply about giving cancel-culture libs a taste of their own medicine. \u201cFor years now, leftist activists have been trying to \u2018cancel\u2019 people and companies for things they have said or done in the past,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis includes the removal of statues and memorials, and the renaming of buildings. Using this standard, it would be hypocritical not to cancel the Democrat Party itself for the same reason.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, the Democratic Party of Florida issued a statement noting that the bill would \u201cdisenfranchise 5 million voters is both unconstitutional and unserious. Under Ron DeSantis,<\/strong> Senator Ingoglia is using his office to push bills that are nothing more than publicity stunts instead of focusing on the issues that matter most to Floridians, such as reforming property insurance, addressing housing affordability, and combating climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n While it seems highly unlikely Ingoglia\u2019s bill will pass, he could, in theory, have the votes, given that Florida\u2019s governorship and legislature have been controlled by Republicans since 1999, and the legislature currently enjoys a comfortable supermajority. On the other hand, passage of the bill is clearly a secondary goal, the primary one being to troll liberals. But who knows\u2014maybe DeSantis will rally support! After all, it does seem up his alley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n