WashPost Is Upset DeSantis Wants to Keep Murderers, Sex Criminals From Voting

The following is an editorial for Tuesday’s print edition, The Washington Post screeched over an announcement last week from Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) that, as per a release from his office, 20 people Were arrested To have “[broken] Florida’s elections laws” Although being banned from voting because of having been convicted either for murder or sex crime,

The Post’s argument? Such a measure to protect our elections systems “will have a chilling effect” on our democracy. This is how it should be said: The Post is so deranged and hates conservatives so much that, in order to oppose them, they’ll go to the mat for murderers and sex offenders.

It began with lamenting that the charge was announced. “felt like a rally for an unannounced 2024 presidential campaign”And that they were charged with the actual charges. “a clear effort to deter legitimate voting.”

However, these felons could not vote.

“Mr. DeSantis says he came up with the 15-person Office of Election Crimes and Security to make sure anyone who isn’t allowed to vote gets prosecuted if they try,” They added.

The Post explained that their gripe derived in part from the fact that “the tiny number of cases brought so far underscores the paucity of voter fraud” and excused away the actions of the defendants due to what they speculated was some confusion:

An initiative on the ballot in 2018 amended Florida’s constitution to grant former felons voting rights. It excluded those convicted of sexual assault or murder. All 20 arrested voters are included in the DeSantis category. His announcement would carry more credibility if the governor had faithfully followed the clear will of Florida’s voters. He instead weakened it by signing 2019 a law that required felons pay any fines or fees owed before they could register to vote. The punishment for failing to do so is another felony.

But the system remains so opaque that there’s no easy way to find out whether you owe fees or fines stemming from a past conviction. There’s no centralized tracking system for either citizens or elections officials to check. Each state agency and all 67 counties maintain their own database.

(….)

Perhaps they believed the 2018 ballot initiative allowed them to register.

Another complaint? The fact that “most were from the heavily Democratic counties of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade” so as to make it seem like it’s only a problem for one side of the aisle.

After closing, they repeated their assertion that Sunshine State voting would be affected by voter fraud fears. “More significant is the chilling effect this will have on formerly incarcerated people who legitimately have the right to vote but may now be afraid to take the risk[.]”

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