Republican legislation that would severely limit the use of mail ballot drop boxes in Florida and impose other restriction on voting is in its final push in the Florida legislature.
Under the legislation, drop boxes will only be accessible during early voting hours and they must be monitored in person by a staff member of the county election supervisor office.
So does this staff member of the county election supervisor office have to be full time? How many hours of training will the staff member have to have before checking someone’s ID? And by checking are they just looking at the person and the ID handed to them, or are they suppose to do some sort of computer check? Would the same “if you’re in line to vote when closing time arrives, you still have the right to vote” rule apply to the drop box and the new procedure?
The Republican Party has owned Florida electoral politics for the last couple decades in large part because of no-excuse absentee voting. So this kind of reads to me like punching themselves in the dick.
And the status of HR-1, the For the People Act? What are we Dems doing to combat the Republicon voter obstruction laws? Are we waiting until we have a Ted Kennedy repeat? Or Do Dems. really think that ending voter obstruction laws can wait?
So the ID check when you drop off a mail-in ballot is to ensure that you are on the short list of people authorized to carry that particular sealed, signed envelope? Gotcha.
Is it illegal to bring water to people waiting in those lines too?