By Jim Jaquess,
Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed into law SB 524, the Election Administration bill, to ensure that Florida continues to have the most secure and accurate elections in the nation.
This new law strengthens election security measures by requiring voter rolls to be annually reviewed and updated, firm up ID requirements, establish the Office of Election Crimes and Security to investigate election law violations, and increase penalties for violations of election laws.
Florida has ended ballot harvesting, stopped drop boxes and mass mailing of ballots, along with private donations directly to cities and counties (Zuckerbucks).
Until now, there was not a dedicated office to investigate election crimes in Florida. This year’s budget provides more resources to support the criminal investigation of election crimes with the new Office of Election Crimes and Security under the Governor.
“Governor DeSantis has made election integrity a top priority from the very beginning of his administration, taking steps to ensure we invested in our elections systems, strengthened our cyber defenses, modernized equipment, updated voter rolls, and improved transparency, and we’ve seen results,” said Florida Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee.
The new law also requires the Department of State to recommend a plan on how to strengthen ID requirements for mail-in ballots. The plan will include how to use a Florida driver license number, Florida identification card number, social security number, or any part thereof to confirm the identity of each elector returning a vote-by-mail-ballot.
Governor DeSantis also recently signed HB 7 into law giving businesses, employees, children and families more tools to stand up to discrimination and indoctrination.
The law aims to prevent discriminatory instruction in the workplace and in public schools, and defines individual freedoms based on the fundamental truth that all individuals are equal before the law and have inalienable rights. This law is the first of its kind in the nation.
“No one should be instructed to feel as if they are not equal or shamed because of their race,” Governor DeSantis said. “In Florida, we will not let the far-left woke agenda take over our schools and workplaces. There is no place for indoctrination or discrimination in Florida.”
“We are in the initial stages down a dark path, but luckily community leaders have said not in this state, not in this country,” said Christopher Rufo, Senior Fellow and Director of the Initiative on Critical Race Theory at The Manhattan Institute.
The law now protects civil rights in employment and K-20 education by specifying that subjecting an employee or student to a required activity that promotes, advances or compels individuals to believe discriminatory concepts, is unlawful discrimination.
Concepts constituting unlawful discrimination include:
- That members of one race, color, national origin or sex are morally superior to members of another race, color, national origin or sex.
- That a person by virtue of their race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive.
- That a person’s moral character or status as privileged or oppressed is determined by race, color, national origin or sex.
That a person, by virtue of their race, color, national origin or sex should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment to achieve diversity, equity or inclusion.
Author: SWal Life
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