AND YOU GET HIDDEN BEHIND IT AND THEY DON’T SEE YOU AND TELL UNFORTUNATELY IT’S TOO LATE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
7.37.
7.37. >>BRUCE HAMILTON: A PROPOSED CHANGE TO FLORIDA’S VOTING LAWS
IS STILL MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN
TALLAHASSEE EVEN THOUGH THERE
WERE NO ISSUES THE STATE’S
REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE
IS MOVING FORWARD WITH MEASURES
IT SAYS WILL TIGHTEN ELECTION
SECURITY LIMIT ACCESS TO BALLOT
BOXES AND REQUIRE VOTE BY MAIL
APPLICATIONS EVERY ELECTION
CYCLE, VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS SAY
IT AMOUNTS TO VOTER SUPPRESSION
JOINING ME ON THE MORNING SHOWS
PATRICIA BRIGHAM, PRESIDENT OF
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS HERE
IN FLORIDA, GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW
IN GEORGIA AND THAT RILED UP
THE CRITICS MIGHT THAT BLOWBACK
HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT HERE IN
FLORIDA.
>> WELL IT’S ALREADY HAVING A
RIPPLE
VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
ARE.
>> PLEASE JUST SAY THE LEAST
WITH
THESE BILLS. WE BELIEVE THERE A
SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM
OF FLORIDA HAD A MODEL ELECTION
IN
2020. DESPITE THE FACT THAT SO
MANY WERE LOOKING TO FLORIDA
BELIEVING THAT WE WOULD NOT
HAVE THAT YOU DID THE PAST THE
BOTTLES BUT AS THEY PUT ON A
GREAT ELECTION.
EVEN THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT
YES, HE’S CALLING FOR MAJOR
ELECTION REFORM SO WE’RE SEEING
THESE BILLS MOVING THROUGH THE
LEGISLATURE THAT WE BELIEVE OUR
THESE ARE ATTACKS ARE
VOTING RIGHTS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: AND
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN THE
PEACH STATE WAS THE BLOW TO
GEORGIA’S ECONOMY. FLORIDA IS
DEPENDENT
ON TOURISM. GIVEN THE ARGUMENT
IS BASED ON A LIE ABOUT VOTER
FRAUD IS FLORIDA GETTING INTO
THE WRONG FIGHT. YOU’VE GOT BIG
CORPORATIONS HERE DISNEY FOR
EXAMPLE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ABSOLUTELY AND
ONE OF THE CONCERNS HERE IS
THAT WITH SO MANY
SERVICE WORKERS. IT WORKING FOR
DISNEY AND RESORTS BECAUSE WE
HAVE BEACHES THAT TOURISTS WALK
TO
EVERY YEAR.
>> THEY WORK ON OURS PERHAPS
OVERNIGHT SHIFTS IT’S MORE
CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO USE FOR
EXAMPLE THESE BALLOT
DROP BOXES. NOW IN SENATOR
BAXLEY ORIGINAL BILL IT’S
TO ME.
>> THERE HAS BEEN AN AMENDMENT
THE COMMITTEE
HEARING IT HAD TO BE STOPPED
YESTERDAY BECAUSE AND THEY WERE
AT A TIME THAT WE
EXPECT THAT DEBATE PICK BACK UP
AND THE AMENDMENT TO
BE ADOPTED.
>> AT THE ORIGINAL BILL
ELIMINATED ALL DROP DROP BOXES,
THE CURRENT
AMENDMENT WOULD AS STILL ALLOW
THE ONLY DURING HOURS OF
EARLY VOTING. WHAT ABOUT ALL
THE SERVICE WORKERS IN FLORIDA
WHO DON’T HAVE.
THE KIND
CONVENIENCE OF TIME TO BE ABLE
TO GO TO AN EARLY VOTE SITE AND
DEPEND ON THOSE DROP BOXES.
FOR HOURS IN WHICH EARLY VOTING
IS NOT OPEN THAT’S LEAVING OUT
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
FLORIDIANS WHO WORK FOR BIG
THEME PARKS AND HOTELS AND
RESORTS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SOME PEOPLE
ARE
CALLING THESE PROPOSED CHANGES
BLATANTLY RACIST WOULD YOU GO
THAT FAR.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD
IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF
USUALLY
IGNORED COMMUNITIES BY REMOVING
DROP
IN THOSE AREAS, IT’S NO SECRET
BLACK AND BROWN.
>> VOTERS HAVE BEEN
DISENFRANCHISED
FOR YEARS AND INSTEAD OF MOVING
US FORWARD THESE BILLS WOULD
TAKE US BACK IN TIME TO A PLACE
WHERE WE DON’T NEED
TO BE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: DO YOU THINK
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT CAN SWAY
THE GOP LED LEGISLATURE OR.
>> I’M ALWAYS THE OPTIMIST BUT I BELIEVE IN THIS CASE THEIR MIND IS MADE UP OF MAINLY
SUNSET SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN
SENATOR BAXLEY BUILD THIS
NEW AMENDMENT BUT AS STILL IT
REMAINS TO
THE TRUE THAT THESE BILLS ARE
NOT NEEDED. THE ELECTION WAS
GREAT WHY CHANGE A WINNING