{"id":209076,"date":"2021-03-10T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=209076"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T22:30:11","slug":"florida-lawmakers-weigh-ban-on-ballot-drop-boxes-new-voter-id-rules-over-election-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawmakers-weigh-ban-on-ballot-drop-boxes-new-voter-id-rules-over-election-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Lawmakers Weigh Ban On Ballot Drop Boxes, New Voter ID Rules Over Election Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-lawmakers-weigh-ban-on-ballot-drop-boxes-new-voter-id-rules-over-election-security-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=209076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-166.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida lawmakers are considering a ban on drop boxes to collect mail-in and absentee ballots over concerns that the boxes are not secure.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Dennis Baxley, the Republican chair of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, introduced updated legislation on election reforms on Tuesday that included the ban. His committee evaluated and passed the proposed legislation on Wednesday, setting it up for consideration by the body, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/10\/politics\/florida-senate-drop-boxes\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baxley said the ban was added to the legislation over concerns that the drop boxes were not being monitored closely enough, leaving too much risk for fraud in the state\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>Baxley called the drop boxes \u201ca real security concern,\u201d adding, \u201cI just want to maintain that chain of evidence from the time they vote to the time until they get counted so we don\u2019t have a mishap,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/florida\/story\/2021\/03\/09\/crackdown-coming-florida-may-ban-drop-boxes-used-for-mail-in-ballots-1367575\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The package included a slew of other election reforms. The bill, if it is passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, \u201cwould also prohibit anyone other than an immediate family member from picking up a voter\u2019s ballot and would require vote-by-mail ballots to be requested each election cycle, rather than every two cycles. It increases the identification requirements to request a ballot by mail over the phone and prevents elections supervisors from sending ballots to voters without a request,\u201d CNN reports.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Florida\u2019s legislature comes on the heels of similar reforms being passed by Georgia\u2019s Senate. Republican lawmakers are pushing election reforms following the chaos of the 2020 election and substantial mistrust of the election process.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue that such reforms as restricting the use of mail-in ballots and requiring voter identification are necessary to restore the public\u2019s trust in elections. Democrats in Georgia are attempting to brand the reforms as voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/georgia-senate-passes-election-law-overhaul-new-voter-id-rules-limits-on-absentee-mail-in-voting\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28.725335438043\">\n<p><em>Democrats have charged that the bill is a Republican attempt to suppress voting after the party lost two January runoff elections for U.S. Senate seats. Former state representative and failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams likened the legislation to \u201cJim Crow\u201d segregation laws. She also accused the GOP of expressly trying to suppress black voters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are seeing again and again this version of Jim Crow in a suit and tie,\u201d Abrams told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/georgia-republicans-pass-the-most-restrictive-voting-laws-since-jim-crow\/\">Mother Jones<\/a>. \u201cIt is designed explicitly for the same reason as Jim Crow did, to block communities of color from active participation in choosing the leadership that will guide their democracy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>State Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, a Republican, denied allegations from Democrats. Dugan said that the regulations would take pressure off of election officials tasked with tabulating votes after Georgia saw a historic turnout in recent elections, pushed by a surge in absentee mail-in votes. If the law is signed, millions of Georgians will still be eligible to vote absentee if they choose, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll this is doing is laying the groundwork to relieve some of the stresses we\u2019ll continue to see moving forward as we continue to grow,\u201d Dugan said, according to the Journal-Constitution.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida lawmakers are considering a ban on drop boxes to collect mail-in and absentee ballots over concerns that the boxes are not secure. State Sen. 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