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News & Current Events Apr 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida's version of the SAVE Act

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida's version of the SAVE Act
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida's version of the SAVE Act
The law's requirements for proof of citizenship to register to vote and stricter voter ID rules won't take effect until next year.
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tabrizzi Apr 1, 2026 +1346
>\[Gov. Ron DeSantis said\] Our Constitution in the state of Florida says only American citizens are allowed to vote in our elections, so we need to make sure that is the law. What's the point, then, if it's already in the Florida constitution?
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argama87 Apr 1, 2026 +602
Political BS Theater.
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badnuub Apr 1, 2026 +283
No, it has intentional sinister aims: voter suppression. You make it harder and harder for people to vote, that generally favors conservative results since land votes in this nation.
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coolon23 Apr 1, 2026 +119
what’s unsaid in these headlines is that they are unenrolling people who don’t immediately reply to these citizenship record requests. It adds a huge barrier to entry for citizens who are already busy as can be
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SnooStories1952 Apr 1, 2026 +69
That was the biggest one to me. They are going to unenroll people before the election and they won’t have enough time to confirm citizenship.
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PurpleSailor Apr 2, 2026 +18
The part where they say they're going to go through the rolls and remove people is a huge tell on what the real intention is. Other states that have done this have been known to use outdated addresses or have the completely wrong person they were trying to eject from the voter rolls. Just when you think Florida can't get any scummier than it already was little Ronnie takes it a step down once again.
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argama87 Apr 1, 2026 +16
Yeah, that is absolutely true as well.
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someguynamedgob Apr 2, 2026 +7
Conservatives are the ones that are most affected by this law. A majority of rural voting districts are Republican. The places that rely on mail-in and absentee ballots. Just like with the redistricting push, they don't realize that this is self-destruction as much as it is authoritarian
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Toph84 Apr 2, 2026 +14
Oh you silly person. You don't realize how authoritarians take advantage of the "laws". They'll just selectively apply it if they don't like you and believe you would act against their interests, then pretend the same exact law conveniently doesn't exist for their supporters. If MAGA got the SAVE Act through, they'll use it to punish Democrat leaning areas while completely ignoring it exists in Republican voting areas. "Rules for thee but not for me."
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someguynamedgob Apr 2, 2026 +1
"Oh you silly person" I know you're just parroting popular doomerist points, but what you're describing is quite literally why lawsuits exist. Also, the SAVE Act is dead in the water. Their only option is to pass via budget reconciliation and the Senate Parliamentarian would sooner shoot John Thune with a gun.
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willun Apr 2, 2026 +18
The usual way is to not apply the law evenly. So in a red district you will have no problem voting but it will be harder in blue districts.
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someguynamedgob Apr 2, 2026 -3
That's how you get sued. This isn't immigration enforcement lol
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willun Apr 2, 2026 +2
Except that by then they win the election. They do this sort of thing all the time.
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Don_Ford Apr 2, 2026 +4
I don't know who thinks this is going to favor conservative results... That's their hope, because they have no other option.
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Cetun Apr 2, 2026 +1
Someone described him and Ted Cruz and theater kids who weren't good enough for their high school theater so they went into politics where their poor acting skills didn't matter.
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edfitz83 Apr 2, 2026 +1
With heel lifts.
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d_smogh Apr 1, 2026 +57
It's so he can investigate the legitimacy of some voters, suspend their right to vote until after the election, then declare them legal and above board.
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EatinSumGrapes Apr 2, 2026 +18
Because that is not what the SAVE act does. They market it as common sense: hey only citizens get to vote. But the law changes how you prove you are a citizen but that's not what they say, because the reality is the common sense laws for voting already exists, but this is suppression and anti-democracy
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Thief_of_Sanity Apr 2, 2026 +3
Agreed..this only makes it harder to vote. The intent is to remove voters. >Florida's new law also restricts the kind of photo IDs that voters can use to prove their identities at the poll, eliminating the use of retirement community and student IDs. >At polling sites near college campuses and retirement communities, Link said, this change could trigger long lines as more students fill out provisional ballots and need to later affirm their identities.
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Turkino Apr 1, 2026 +12
It's about making it more difficult to vote because they feel that gives their side an advantage. Consider younger people have school or jobs to do, older people especially those who are retired generally have more free time. Consider the voting demographics of both groups and there you have it.
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azure1503 Apr 2, 2026 +9
"Our legal document says this is illegal, therefore we need to make this illegal."
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djm19 Apr 2, 2026 +4
It’s also the law in all 50 states. But don’t let that get in the way of GOP scare mongering narrative.
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weezyverse Apr 2, 2026 +2
He's supposed to be a constitutional lawyer. I've been saying for a while, I'm convinced that he cheated his way through school.
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-NotAnAstronaut- Apr 2, 2026 +4
Because the GOP doesn’t think that the constitution is the law, clearly.
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Sacred-Lambkin Apr 2, 2026 +2
He basically said "this thing is already a law, so we have to pass this bill to make sure it's a law. Also massive we'll tack on some extra things about LGBT people."
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laplongejr Apr 2, 2026 +1
Note that he didn't say that all Americans citizens have the **right** to vote. He simply says non-citizen aren't *allowed* to vote. If the only cast vote is from DJT, then all votes come from citizen.
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Harry_Mud Apr 2, 2026 +1
Nope.............. And the FL constitution does not override the US Constitution.
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Uniteus Apr 1, 2026 +1757
Its the Heretic Foundation.
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WaffleFangStorm Apr 1, 2026 +428
Honestly “Heretic Foundation” is a way better name, at least it admits they’re preaching ideology, not doing neutral “research.” Someone should mock up a fake logo already.
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hervth Apr 1, 2026 +56
I prefer the Hemorrhage Foundation. Most of its members have probably had one of the brain variety anyway.
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balling Apr 1, 2026 +26
Hemorrhoid foundation
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Upset-Disaster1907 Apr 1, 2026 +7
Its just a picture of a kid on their knee's praying for the rapture.
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Khaldara Apr 2, 2026 +6
Conservatives want kids on their knees for another reason
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camshun7 Apr 1, 2026 +93
Desantis is a two bit scumbag with littleman syndrome.
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jwilcoxwilcox Apr 1, 2026 +52
Remember him wearing the most obvious heel lifts to appear taller?
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CondescendingShitbag Apr 1, 2026 +19
Likely still does. Little-man syndrome can be a lifetime affliction for those with low self-esteem, like DeSantis.
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BoosterRead78 Apr 1, 2026 +18
With a wife who steals from charity funds.
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MrBrawn Apr 1, 2026 +5
Ron DeathSentence
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C1izard Apr 1, 2026 +44
That organization really needs to be RICO'd and member/sponsored judges/politicials investigated and when possible charged charged with insurrection and/or conspiracy. Their whole mission stems from wanting to prevent their own from being held to account and to erode the constitution to make the US a heretical theocratic - authoritarian oligarchic state.
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OceanLemur Apr 2, 2026 -10
Somebody get this person a job in the PR department for Dems
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AudibleNod Apr 1, 2026 +1072
According to the estimable Heritage Foundation there were [93 cases of voter fraud in Florida since 1982.](https://electionfraud.heritage.org/search?state=fl) There were five instances of recorded voter fraud in 2024. 6,110,125 people cast their vote for president in that year. Meaning DeSantis is focusing his effort to target 0.00008183% of the Florida population. Well done. Good use of resources.
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Historical-View4058 Apr 1, 2026 +344
Clearly using fraud as a red herring to obscure the purposes of voter suppression.
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RenoRiley1 Apr 1, 2026 +47
Exactly. Posting voter fraud statistics is not a gotcha when they don’t actually care about that. They’re liars who lie to advance their horrible desires. Don’t debate them on their terms call them liars and mock any one of them that takes their own lies seriously. 
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lolofaf Apr 2, 2026 +9
It's not about convincing those in charge. It's about telling this to your cousin, friend or neighbor. Make them actually question the premise of it and reduce the voting base support for these types of policies from the ground up. The more republican policies you can make conservatives question (not even outright disagree with at the end up the argument, but make them truly think about them), the closer they will be to breaking out of the cult.
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Historical-View4058 Apr 2, 2026 +4
This is true. The only way someone can be un-brainwashed is if they finally see a reasonable doubt. Once they know they've been lied to they will feel betrayed, and that betrayal turns to anger. We may be seeing some of this with the combination of food/gas/medical prices and the Iran mess. People are waking up to the fact that it was all bullshit.
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jimtow28 Apr 1, 2026 +60
When fewer people vote, Republicans tend to win. When more people vote, Republicans tend to lose. Everything about this is informed by those two facts.
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Provid3nce Apr 2, 2026 +13
I mean this was true for a time, but Donald Trump has created a demographic shift in which basically all reliable/educated voters are voting Democratic while the once in a blue moon voters are basically all MAGA. It's why Republicans are getting absolutely trounced in any and all special elections these days while there was a big surge for them in the general in 2024. What they're doing with this may seriously backfire on them in the same way the redistricting attempts also backfired.
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tacticalcraptical Apr 1, 2026 +31
The facts don't matter, even when coming from their own side, if it doesn't fit the horror/fantasy story they want to tell.
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imaloony8 Apr 1, 2026 +30
It'd be like declaring martial Law in New York if they recorded 3 murders in a year. People don't realize just how safe and secure our elections are. True voter fraud is remarkably rare. Unfortunately, politicians have lied to their constituents about it since 2020 in order to suppress voters and kill the people's power. And people willingly vote their own rights and power away because Fox News tells them to.
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the_last_0ne Apr 1, 2026 +32
Just say Republicans. No democrats are lying to their constituents about voter fraud.
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imaloony8 Apr 1, 2026 +14
It wasn't my intention to be vague like that, but yes, it's the Republicans. Mostly fueled by Trump's baseless claims about the 2020 election.
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romario77 Apr 1, 2026 +7
And it’s already in the constitution, so it’s a supreme law - why do you need a separate law. It’s like making a law that only US citizen could be a president.
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demonassassin52 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Republicans regularly focus on restricting the rights of a population that makes up 0.8% of the US population when they make trans laws, so this tracks. Authoritarians loooove to target marginalized groups that can't defend themselves.
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Predator_ Apr 1, 2026 +11
"Estimable" Heritage Foundation? Are you being serious or facetious?
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overthemountain Apr 1, 2026 +53
They're using a source that the right can't argue is biased.
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Richard-Gere-Museum Apr 1, 2026 +9
You're saying that like they won't turn around and call them WOKE the second it goes against their narrative. It doesn't matter where it comes from.
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AudibleNod Apr 1, 2026 +6
Their information and presentation *on the facts, in this particular instance* are well-sourced and dispassionate.
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Ketzeph Apr 2, 2026 +2
They just think poor minorities will have more trouble proving citizenship. Thats the whole goal. If every vote fraudster in existence was suddenly struck dead by lightning, you’d lose maybe 200 people across the US, and the vast majority would be republicans
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Diplomat_of_swing Apr 2, 2026 +2
I would HIGHLY recommend Democrat lawyers and poll watchers deploy to ensure that the rules are applied evenly in all polling places. The only way this doesn’t backfire on republicans is if they only enforce these laws in Dem leaning districts. As a former resident, our best and brightest aren’t flocking to Florida. There will be a lot of 2pm white claw drinking, wearing flip flops to church on Easter Sunday Karens who have no passports and can’t find their original birth certificate who are gonna throw an absolute FIT if they are required to comply with this law.
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danfirst Apr 1, 2026 +1
Sadly I can't see the party on that link but I'd bet it's mostly Republicans doing it too as most cases I've ever seen have been them.
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Valuable-Trick-6711 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Really the equivalent of the whole “Olympics banning transgender women” story.
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Sbmizzou Apr 1, 2026
Oh child....this has nothing to do with voter fraud.
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I_am_so_lost_hello Apr 1, 2026 -29
Well those are the ones that were caught, I think the question is how many more were there which weren’t caught
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Strykerz3r0 Apr 1, 2026 +8
Anything else is speculation, but even when trump filed his suits in 2020 they showed no fraud. And making laws based on unfounded speculation is questionable at best, and biased at worst. Honestly, there are more documented cases of vote tampering by republicans than any other demographic.
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Ok_Roll4145 Apr 1, 2026 +7
The answer to that is zero. They caught 5. They are obviously looking and watchful of it. What information are you using that says there could be potentially more? Or are you going off the musings of someone who stared directly into an eclipse?
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tlk742 Apr 1, 2026 +3
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Absence of evidence fallacy shouldn't be basis for policy.
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notie547 Apr 2, 2026 +3
most of those caught voter fraud instances werent even non -citizens voting. They were felons or citizens trying to vote twice or something. There is no material amount of non-citizen voting happening. Its already illegal. Trump and his band of treasonous fools never produced even a shred of actual evidence for any of their claims. They knew it was BS, their own people said it was BS and to this day hes still lying to the American people about it. let me ask you something. If you were not a citizen why would you go out and vote and give your address etc. and open yourself up to more scrutiny??? The answer is you wouldnt. its not a thing thats happening.
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boznia Apr 1, 2026 +156
They assume it will disproportionately effect Democrat voters, so yes, Florida Republicans are more than OK with it. All they care about is winning elections and maintaining power.
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go4tli Apr 1, 2026 +123
It will be vigorously enforced in Dem areas and zero enforcement in GOP areas. That’s how Jim Crow worked too. White males will be waved through, everyone else will get a full examination and then told their paperwork is wrong somehow.
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Hilldawg4president Apr 1, 2026 +8
I wonder to what degree this is going to come back to bite them. Historically, educated voters have leaned slightly to the right, and those are the voters least likely to be negatively impacted by voting requirements like these. Educated voters have leaned fairly significantly to the left, so as far as I can tell the most likely outcome of these laws is that it harms Republican turnout. I still can't support it because voting should be made easier, not harder but I think we are looking in a situation where they're actively shooting themselves in the foot.
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DoctorLazerRage Apr 1, 2026 +21
>Are Florida republicans just OK with legal voters losing their constitutional right to vote? Not at all - they are INCREDIBLY enthusiastic about legal voters losing their constitutional right to vote, which is why they have put so much work into making it happen.
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swollennode Apr 1, 2026 +10
Are you a registered R? “You may pass.” Are you a registered D? “Stop right there illegal scum.”
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Taxachusetts Apr 1, 2026 +2
The most important part of that saying is “me.”
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Pirat Apr 1, 2026 +1
The free state of florida. They even have a scratch-off game by that name.
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KnotSoSalty Apr 2, 2026 +1
They were ok with their legislators reversing the will of the voters to re-enfranchise millions of Floridians who had been convicted of crimes. The legislature enacted a modern poll tax, which is blatantly unconstitutional, but what was left of the Florida electorate didn’t give two shits. “O you stole my rights from me?! Cool.” Seems to sum up their attitude.
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pmyourhotmom Apr 1, 2026 +127
Good luck to all you Cuban maga voters 
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BigMikeInAustin Apr 2, 2026 +36
If Trump eliminates birthright citizenship, all the descendants of Cubans who illegally fled Cuba and vote conservative cannot vote anymore.
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HiddenMonkey7 Apr 2, 2026 +6
Lol, I actually knew some that got deported in Hialeah. Hard to feel bad for them.
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PlanetScientist Apr 1, 2026 +61
I hope this backfires in a big way, with lots of legitimate voters complaining loudly about the inconvenience, screwups with databases, etc. so that the rest of the country can learn that this is a terrible idea.
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swollennode Apr 1, 2026 +26
It’s going to disproportionately affect registered D. We’re going to see a large amount of Registered D being required to register. Then, there will be a delay in getting them registered in time to vote.
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Earguy Apr 2, 2026 +4
By the time that's figured out, it'll be too late.
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jdave512 Apr 3, 2026 +1
My hope is liberals are the only ones civically minded enough to jump through the hoops to vote and they end up edging out conservatives.
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ouisewoo Apr 1, 2026 +69
They do this to stick it to women and democrats but historically speaking, democrats are the ones with the majority of passports. DeSantis can F*** Off.
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swollennode Apr 1, 2026 +18
“Hmmm… this passport picture don’t look like you.” Or “Hmmm…your passport name don’t match your state issued ID”
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celtekk_ Apr 1, 2026 -8
Who is saying this
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apostlebatman Apr 1, 2026 +26
So all the educated democrats will be able to vote and all the republican red necks will be stuck at home. Lfg!
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skelletrex_scrooge Apr 2, 2026 +10
That's not how this will work at all. They'll pick and choose who they unenroll
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Common_Wrongdoer3251 Apr 2, 2026 +1
There's quite a few of us uneducated Democrats too...
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apostlebatman Apr 2, 2026 +1
significantly fewer
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RoarOfTheWorlds Apr 1, 2026 +22
I wish they didn’t call it the SAVE act since it’s so similar to the SAVE student loan repayment plan that biden put in place. It was life changing then republicans wiped it out.
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softvanillaicecream Apr 2, 2026 +16
that was the point
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thisvideoiswrong Apr 3, 2026 +3
Every bit as deliberate as Biden fighting for years to get his Build Back Better plan passed, and then Trump having his Big Beautiful Bill.
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Mibutastic Apr 2, 2026 +7
So in other words, election rigging.
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Earguy Apr 2, 2026 +3
My sister in Florida has been married three times, and changed her name each time. Let's see how this goes for her.
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Harry_Mud Apr 1, 2026 +17
This is just one reason he will never hold another public office..............
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Common_Wrongdoer3251 Apr 2, 2026
Don't underestimate the Florida Democrat party to give us the worst candidate you've ever seen to run against him...
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frosted1030 Apr 2, 2026 +5
SAVE act is unconstitutional, so it doesn't matter what states say. The 14, and 24th amendments and The Elections Clause make it clear.
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TwelveGaugeSage Apr 1, 2026 +6
They are going to be so f****** confused when a bunch of seats flip blue anyway. And all the pissed off people who get turned away at the polls are going to lose it on these morons. I can't see this law doing anything BUT backfiring spectacularly.
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Thief_of_Sanity Apr 2, 2026 +1
It wouldn't go into effect until after the midterms. It could still backfire, but not as quickly.
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JayAlexanderBee Apr 2, 2026 +3
Wouldn't this just hurt the Republican voting base?
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SouthernAddress5051 Apr 2, 2026 +3
I keep forgetting he's a person and I keep being disappointed
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shadowdra126 Apr 2, 2026 +3
And it will be challenged in courts.
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CanadianDiver Apr 2, 2026 +3
Ron Desantis ... remember when he wasn't a nobody loser?
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Pocket_Jury Apr 3, 2026 +3
Old people don't understand what any of this means. Once the next election cycle rolls around, they will go to vote and realize it's too late and they can't vote like they have in the previous 50 years. Those will be a majority of republican votes that they will lose. Anyone under 60 will grasp this new process fairly easily.
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johnn48 Apr 1, 2026 +7
>”Our Constitution in the state of Florida says only American citizens are allowed to vote in our elections, so we need to make sure that is the law.” Republicans believe Constitutions are the framework on which the laws are built. As a result they constantly pass laws that are unconstitutional. They think the framing is flexible and subject to manipulation, rather than inflexible and load bearing. What’s most surprising is the gaffes they make when speaking extemporaneously, it’s almost as if they all need people trumpsplaining.
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crayegg Apr 1, 2026 +5
All this bullshit for a nonexistent "problem."
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[deleted] Apr 1, 2026 +9
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Bart_Yellowbeard Apr 1, 2026 +4
It's already law. Performative bullshit for the bigots and lemmings.
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Helvetimusic Apr 1, 2026 +4
Ron DeSantis eats paint.
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Sharp-Calligrapher70 Apr 2, 2026 +4
Too bad republicans don’t realize this is going to hurt them more than democrats. 
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jeffffff82 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Most likely going to hurt their base more than anything like everything they do. Old, white married/windowed women retirees in Florida vote red...
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vanilla_disco Apr 2, 2026 +2
I can't wait for this to backfire because your average conservative is stupid as f*** and won't properly register anything so Republicans won't be able to vote at levels higher than Democrats
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lagar Apr 2, 2026 +2
Once Ron DeathSentence is no longer governor can his version of the SAVE act be overturned?
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Conflatulations12 Apr 1, 2026 +4
The things these people do to pretend to save face.
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Cabbages24ADollar Apr 1, 2026 +4
Queue the law suits and wasting tax payer funding because Ron has skeletons in his closet.
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misselphaba Apr 1, 2026 +5
Can't wait till Florida sinks into the gulf.
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LiquidAether Apr 1, 2026 +2
Go f*** yourself, Ron, you worthless traitor.
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Skidpalace Apr 2, 2026 +1
I can’t wait to see Florida turn blue.
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Hobo_Hungover Apr 2, 2026 +1
They did this in the 2000 election. Now it's official.
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Vernknight50 Apr 2, 2026 +1
The funniest thing about the red states passing these laws to meet Trump's intent is that they are red states. They are just hurting themselves.
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sonicsludge Apr 3, 2026 +1
People believe everything they're told for some reason these days. There's never been an issue with illegals voting,ever!
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Necx999 Apr 2, 2026 +1
Good luck old people getting the proper paperwork took months to get my father's straight plus cost about 150ish or so.
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Freddy-Borden Apr 1, 2026 +1
This dude lives inside Trumps a******. He wants to be Trump so bad, and thought he would be the next President, but then the obese sociopath clown baby shit down Ron’s throat and made him smile and say thank you.
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LunchyDude101 Apr 2, 2026 +1
He’s look a little rough in that photo. Evil must take a lot out of you.
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MegaMaster1021 Apr 1, 2026
He's is hoping to get some special gift from Trump before he's gone. Also do they actually think this will help them ?
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johnnyboomslang Apr 1, 2026
Well yeah, he needs extra special Florsheims, gotta make sure he gets his with lifts.
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BrofessorFarnsworth Apr 1, 2026
Wait, does this mean the 2024 Florida election result was rigged?
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Alarmed_Set9012 Apr 1, 2026
I feel like he's a younger version of trump
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bdog59600 Apr 1, 2026
They aren't imposing it for the midterms because when it's a clusterfuck that disenfranchises over 1 Million previously eligible Florida citizens, it will provide the Democrats ammunition against the SAVE Act.
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Avoidtolls Apr 2, 2026
Sweet. As more republicans showed up last election, this will hit them.
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Dexter_McThorpan Apr 2, 2026
Florida and it's dwarf King. https://people.com/ron-desantis-police-relocation-program-lured-officers-violent-records-report-7503432 DeSantis' Police Program Lured Officers with Violent Records: Report
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HeatWaveToTheCrowd Apr 2, 2026
Is Rhonda admitting that illegals have been voting in Florida?
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TommyyyGunsss Apr 2, 2026
States rights I guess? Let him make it harder for Floridians to vote
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Sweatytubesock Apr 2, 2026 +1
When are you going to prosecute the Trump family for voting by mail, Rob?
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Neversoft4long Apr 2, 2026
Aren’t like most of the “non” citizens in Florida trump supporters anyways. You would just be getting rid of a large part of your own base. These dudes in charge are a level of stupid I honestly cannot comprehend
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carterartist Apr 2, 2026 -3
So he is using state government to regulate the elections as the Constitution states is the right way. Okay
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thanos_was_right_69 Apr 1, 2026 -4
Honestly, I would rather they keep SAVE at the state level than to federalize it. I would never move to a POS state like Florida anyway.
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endlesscartwheels Apr 2, 2026
Your money will. The worse the red states get, the more the blue states have to subsidize them with our federal tax dollars.
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Accomplished-Run221 Apr 1, 2026 -3
Disadvantaged Florida voters… oh no.
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