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Elections 2022

Ron DeSantis’ Very Gay Ad

July 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Image from the DeSantis War Room

Ron DeSantis wants you to know he’s a manly man, a manlier man than any manly man ever born, with mighty currents of 100-proof androgen surging through his sinews. He made a video about it. Diane Roberts asks: how could this steaming pile of bovine excrement (and lightning bolts shooting out of the governor’s eyes) get released by his campaign?

Judge Refuses to Block Two Parts of Florida’s Newly Restrictive Election Law

July 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The new Florida voting law drew a drizzle of lawsuits. (© FlaglerLive)

One of those parts requires representatives of voter-registration groups to provide receipts to people who sign up to vote. The other part prevents people with certain felony convictions from “collecting or handling” voter-registration applications.

The Apostle Ron DeSantis

July 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Is anyone surprised Ron DeSantis said recently he wished he could have been one of the Apostles? Here’s the Good News, Ron. You don’t have to sigh moonily in a TV interview about what could’ve been.

We’re the Mommies for Liberty, and the Future Belongs to Us

July 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Ron DeSantis speaking to mommies for liberty in Philadelphia over the weekend. (Screen capture, WPTV)

I am a Mommy. A Mommy for Liberty. I will use my personal liberty to shield my precious children (and yours) from gays. And history. And Black people. And sex.  

Citing Florida’s ‘Latest Assault on the Right to Vote,’ Judge Blocks Parts of Election Law

July 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of Florida's two major parties doesn't like to make it easier for people to vote. (© FlaglerLive)

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, in a 58-page decision, issued a preliminary injunction against parts of the law that would prevent non-U.S. citizens from “collecting or handling” voter-registration applications and make it a felony for voter-registration group workers to keep personal information of voters.

Divine Right of DeSantis: Vengeful, Petty and Cruel

July 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

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DeSantis is using taxpayer money to punish his enemies, a warning to those who cross him. Through the budget, he’s pushing his hate-fueled vision onto us, trying to transform Florida into a subtropical version of Massachusetts under the Puritans: intolerant, ignorant, repressive, and cruel.

$1.25 Million Book Deal Drives Up DeSantis’s Net Worth

July 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to refer to his blue collar roots, growing up on the west coast of Florida, especially now that he has been campaigning for president. But a $1.25 million book deal helped drive up his net worth into the millionaires’ club in 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court Decisively Rejects Outlier Elections Theory Giving Unchecked Powers to States

June 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The "independent state legislature theory" would give state legislatures unchecked power over federal elections. (© FlaglerLive)

In a major election-law decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. By a vote of 6-3, the court rejected the so-called “independent state legislature theory” favored by a extreme Republicans.

So You Want to Recall a Council Member or Write an Ordinance? Palm Coast Codifies Process After 24 Years.

June 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Citizens will have a clearer roadmap to direct involvement in certain city matters, but it'll take work. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council in its 24th year is codifying its own referendum and recall process–the method by which residents may pitch or force the reconsideration of an ordinance, amend the city charter, or initiate a recall of a sitting council member.

Anti-Trans Politicians Take Pages from Nazi Playbook

June 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The sign in a Matanzas High School classroom proved unacceptable to Flagler County School Board member Christy Chong. (© FlaglerLive via Axon video)

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other GOP leaders are following the Nazi playbook, substituting transgender youth for the Jews. They industriously promote hatred, fear, and physical revulsion of this small group — also barely 1 percent of the population — and pretend it’s out of concern for children.

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