Desantis will take a hit if the 17 accused of fraud are found not guilty

[struth]

Well no, they couldn't vote from prison but no one is claiming they could. The people in question had served their sentences.

no until their sentence, including all probation and court cost/fines were paid

read the law

 

[pknopp]

no until their sentence, including all probation and court cost/fines were paid

read the law

Those arrested had served their time, etc.

 

[Dragonlady]

Just like Dems get them to vote now?

The Democrats get black people to vote for them by offering policies and programs which benefit all people. They hear your hate speech against "urban voters" and "Democratic shithole cities" and they're not fooled by your language.

The plantation owners have been using racism to divide poor people since they told the sharecroppers that the black slaves were "stealing their jobs". Inside of decrying "shithole cities", if both sides worked together for policies best suiting their areas, it would be a whole lot better than the current name calling and knee jerk refusal to vote for ANYTHING Democrats are in favour of.

Republicans have now reached the point where they have no agenda and no policies other than hating Democrats and wanting to lock them up or kill them.

 

[Dragonlady]

no until their sentence, including all probation and court cost/fines were paid

read the law

Court fines are being used as a "poll tax" which the law specifically forbids.

 

[struth]

Court fines are being used as a "poll tax" which the law specifically forbids.

haha no they aren’t. Felonies have no right to vote, it’s the grace of the people of Fl letting them to have the opportunity again after they complete their sentence, that includes paying the cost of their prosecution. The people of Fl shouldn’t have to eat the bill for their crimes

 

[Synthaholic]

I have no proof that Dems wouldn't lose a single illegal vote under voter ID.

Again, you cannot back up your bullshit.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The Democrats get black people to vote for them by offering policies and programs which benefit all people.

Like welfare benefitted black people?

Multigenerational welfare recipients. 80% of black children born out of wedlock.
Dems destroyed the black family. As least the Dems got what they wanted.

 

[White 6]

Let's be honest. The REAL reason for the Zero Tolerance policy of the Reagan Administration was to charge as many black and brown men with minor drug charges as possible, putting a felony conviction on their records so they could never vote again.

That's one way of suppressing the vote. If you're black or brown, you're 7 times more likely to be charge with felony possession of a small amount of pot as your white friends. You can't tell me that keeping these kids from ever voting isn't a part of the reason for that.

I won't try to tell you, and I don't care. It sounds like you did not trust the courts and trial juries, long before Donny came along. But that is neither here nor there, for the Desantis discussion, as the 17 are not being tried on drug charges.

 

[pknopp]

It seems it's only bad in Florida depending on who you are.

So people who were told they could vote and the state accepted their registrations get prosecuted but others get a small slap on the wrist.




WASHINGTON — After 15 years of scrapes with police, the last thing that 33-year-old Therris L. Conney needed was another run-in with the law. He got one anyway two years ago, after election officials held a presentation on voting rights for inmates of the county jail in Gainesville, Florida.

Apparently satisfied that he could vote, Conney registered after the session and cast a ballot in 2020. In May, he was arrested for breaking a state law banning voting by people serving felony sentences — and he was sentenced to almost another full year in jail.

That show-no-mercy approach to voter fraud is what Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has encouraged this year during his reelection campaign.


“That was against the law,” he said last month about charges against 20 other felons who voted in Florida, “and they’re going to pay a price for it.”

But many of those cases seem to already be falling apart because, like Conney, the former felons did not intend to vote illegally. And the more typical kind of voter fraud case in Florida has long exacted punishment at a steep discount.

Last winter, four residents of Republican-leaning retirement community The Villages were arrested for voting twice — once in Florida and again in other states where they had also lived.

Despite being charged with third-degree felonies, the same as Conney, two of the Villages residents who pleaded guilty escaped having a criminal record entirely by taking a 24-hour civics class.

In Voter Fraud, Penalties Often Depend on Who's Voting

 

[Aldo Raine]

It looks like 17 people in Florida were told that they had the right to vote even though they were not eligible.

Then they voted, and Desantis finalized the entrapment by charging them with fraud crime.

Is a judge tosses the chargers, this will be a big hit for Desantis as nobody will ever believe him when he claims fraud, like Trump.

Let's hope these people don't get convicted so Desantis doesn't get this credited.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article264698334.html

No it will only boost his popularity with the MAGAts!
MAGA

 

[Aldo Raine]

Lengthy sentences in the bowels of a federal prison for "shitting on democracy and the Constitution, and thwarting the will of the actual voters". After their 150th gang rape they should be on the path to rehabilitation.

Send the correct message. DeSantis is a god.

I rest my case!
MAGA

 

[Synthaholic]

I have no problem with convicted felons not being allowed to vote, ever again.

Why? What's the connection? I have no problem with convicts voting while still in prison. They are still American citizens.

 

[Synthaholic]

Did you read the article even? Many felons are legally allowed to register.




Read the article and try again.

Trumpers can't comprehend what they read.

 

[Synthaholic]

If their rights were restored it's a none issue. If they weren't, it's a big issue. The fact they registered as Dems and the DNC sent them a voter registration card, isn't restoring their rights

The voters said restore their rights. Republicans told the voters "fuck you". Just like they did when Florida voters voted overwhelmingly for a high-speed train system.

 

[White 6]

Why? What's the connection? I have no problem with convicts voting while still in prison. They are still American citizens.

Voting is a privilege they give up when they become felons. That is the way it was when I was growing up, and I am too conservative to see a reason of value to the country to change, my opinion. If voting was important, they would not have gone into crime against their fellow citizens. Do you think law and order candidates are popular and considered big issue to them, or are they more likely to favor people that are soft on crime?

 

[Synthaholic]

DeSantis told them they could vote.

Defendants targeted in DeSantis’ voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote

DeSantis’ office has ignored questions about local elections office sending voting cards to ex-felons before their arrests last week.

www.politico.com

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[Canon Shooter]

If you want to punish them in various ways for life...you virtually guarantee that they will continue to be criminals

How does not allowing someone to ever vote again "virtually guarantee" that someone will continue to be a criminal?

 

[struth]

The voters said restore their rights. Republicans told the voters "fuck you". Just like they did when Florida voters voted overwhelmingly for a high-speed train system.

show me where their rights were restored.

 

[The Duke]

It looks like 17 people in Florida were told that they had the right to vote even though they were not eligible.

Then they voted, and Desantis finalized the entrapment by charging them with fraud crime.

Is a judge tosses the chargers, this will be a big hit for Desantis as nobody will ever believe him when he claims fraud, like Trump.

Let's hope these people don't get convicted so Desantis doesn't get this credited.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article264698334.html

Many will not be convicted and DeSantis will lose nothing.

On the bright side of things, he might crack the case as to how Democrats cheat. The State is watching them this election.