WASHINGTON – This morning, two dozen organizations sent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a letter urging him to veto the anti-voter bill, SB 90.
The letter said the legislation “will create barriers for eligible Floridians to exercise their freedom to vote by making mail ballots less accessible and more difficult to cast, severely limiting voter assistance, and making it more difficult for community voter registration drives to do their critical outreach. We ask you to do the right thing by Florida voters, stand by your pride in Florida’s 2020 election administration, and veto this harmful bill.”
“We are particularly concerned that SB 90, by design, seeks to silence voters’ voices based on what they look like or where they come from,” the organizations said. “We are particularly concerned that SB 90, by design, seeks to silence voters’ voices based on what they look like or where they come from.”
Organizations that signed the letter include:
Fair Elections Center
All Voting Is Local Action
ACLU of Florida
Advancement Project
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Florida Region
Common Cause Florida
Emgage Action Florida
Equal Ground Action Fund
Faith in Florida
Faith in Public Life
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Florida Rising
The League of Women Voters of Florida
NAACP Florida State Conference
National Haitian American Elected Officials Network
People Over Profits
Progress Florida
1199 SEIU
Sierra Club Florida
Southern Poverty Law Center Action
State Voices Florida
Voter Participation Center
Voting Rights Lab
Women Talk Black
Read the full letter here.
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