[blueash]

Our local state Senator, Baxley, has introduced a bill which will very significantly make it harder for all of us to vote. One would think with a huge percentage of Villagers voting by mail he'd think twice about introducing new hoops. There have been no allegations of problems in Florida with the system as it now exists.

His bill makes two very significant changes. Presently you need to make your request for a mail ballot every four years. His bill changes that to every other year. The county will need to notify you by mail paying the postage cost if you have failed to renew. This will be very expensive for the county.

And the present system where there are ballot drop boxes at all early voting locations and the very heavily used one at the Gold dome building will be eliminated. The only place you will be able to drop off an absentee ballot will be directly at the office of the Supervision of elections. Here is the language from his bill:

THE
230 COMPLETED MAILING ENVELOPE CAN BE DELIVERED TO THE OFFICE OF THE
231 SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH YOUR PRECINCT IS
232 LOCATED ,

And this language from present law is deleted:

OR DROPPED OFF AT AN AUTHORIZED SECURE DROP BOX,
233 AVAILABLE AT EACH EARLY VOTING LOCATION.

So thank you Senator Baxley for making it harder to register and vote in Sumter county, a county with no recognized or alleged problems with the system now in place.

[Bucco]

Originally Posted by blueash

Our local state Senator, Baxley, has introduced a bill which will very significantly make it harder for all of us to vote. One would think with a huge percentage of Villagers voting by mail he'd think twice about introducing new hoops. There have been no allegations of problems in Florida with the system as it now exists.

His bill makes two very significant changes. Presently you need to make your request for a mail ballot every four years. His bill changes that to every other year. The county will need to notify you by mail paying the postage cost if you have failed to renew. This will be very expensive for the county.

And the present system where there are ballot drop boxes at all early voting locations and the very heavily used one at the Gold dome building will be eliminated. The only place you will be able to drop off an absentee ballot will be directly at the office of the Supervision of elections. Here is the language from his bill:


And this language from present law is deleted:



So thank you Senator Baxley for making it harder to register and vote in Sumter county, a county with no recognized or alleged problems with the system now in place.

Seems to be the trend.

Remember when everyone was wanted to vote ? Years of investigations have shown how well we do voting, so you just wonder why this rush to fix what isn’t broken.

[Bogie Shooter]

Senator Baxley - The Florida Senate
Contact Dennis Baxley's Campaign
For contact information.


Proposing a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Who is he grandstanding for?

[blueash]

Mortal1 So where is our political policing moderator??? I'm pretty certain this falls under the "political" discussions that have been banned...or is the moderator playing favorites. Hope not. That would be wrong yes?

Originally Posted by Bucco

I it does it appears.

But it’s not sneaky like most...you know the snide remarks added to a post.

There have been several threads felt to be within the rules of the website about a local elected state politician, Hage, who has proposed a state wide new law that will have an impact locally. This thread is about a local elected state politician who has proposed a new law that will have an impact locally. Seems well within the rules. If it is not the Moderator can let me know and I will take it down.

[NoMoSno]

Marion County requires requesting mail-in ballot every 2 years.
I'm fine with that.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by blueash

Our local state Senator, Baxley, has introduced a bill which will very significantly make it harder for all of us to vote. One would think with a huge percentage of Villagers voting by mail he'd think twice about introducing new hoops. There have been no allegations of problems in Florida with the system as it now exists.

His bill makes two very significant changes. Presently you need to make your request for a mail ballot every four years. His bill changes that to every other year. The county will need to notify you by mail paying the postage cost if you have failed to renew. This will be very expensive for the county.

And the present system where there are ballot drop boxes at all early voting locations and the very heavily used one at the Gold dome building will be eliminated. The only place you will be able to drop off an absentee ballot will be directly at the office of the Supervision of elections. Here is the language from his bill:


And this language from present law is deleted:



So thank you Senator Baxley for making it harder to register and vote in Sumter county, a county with no recognized or alleged problems with the system now in place.

Good

[Two Bills]

I blame the Developer!

[JimJohnson]

Rules!!!!! We don’t need no stinking Rules.

[Maryland04]

I do not see this as a big expense. There were 22,000 absence tee voters in 2020 for Sumter County. If even 10% do not respond the cost would be about $1200.00 for card mailing. This not a lot of money for a county that is growing by vast numbers every year. Current information is better then ballots being discarded. the cost to print a post card is a lot less than a large ballet with two envelopes.

[Coal Miner]

Sounds like an a voter suppression bill to me.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by blueash

Our local state Senator, Baxley, has introduced a bill which will very significantly make it harder for all of us to vote. One would think with a huge percentage of Villagers voting by mail he'd think twice about introducing new hoops. There have been no allegations of problems in Florida with the system as it now exists.

His bill makes two very significant changes. Presently you need to make your request for a mail ballot every four years. His bill changes that to every other year. The county will need to notify you by mail paying the postage cost if you have failed to renew. This will be very expensive for the county.

And the present system where there are ballot drop boxes at all early voting locations and the very heavily used one at the Gold dome building will be eliminated. The only place you will be able to drop off an absentee ballot will be directly at the office of the Supervision of elections. Here is the language from his bill:


And this language from present law is deleted:



So thank you Senator Baxley for making it harder to register and vote in Sumter county, a county with no recognized or alleged problems with the system now in place.

Should not be much of an issue now that everyone that was scared to vote in person has received the vaccine. Only shut ins should be receiving mail in ballots. With all the early voting locations if you are able to go to the grocery store then you can go in person and vote

[Cobullymom]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

Should not be much of an issue now that everyone that was scared to vote in person has received the vaccine. Only shut ins should be receiving mail in ballots. With all the early voting locations if you are able to go to the grocery store then you can go in person and vote

Exactly, just something else to complain about....one day of the year is not that difficult...and if they change to every other year to verify, GOOD...

[bd20166]

A good step towards maintaining election integrity. We are living through the result of the lack of integrity in certain states.

[nick demis]

This posting perfectly represents what the new people to the villages that we have spoken to are complaining about.
They are afraid that the politics they left behind are here and they, and a lot of us here, hate.
Good job moderator.

[dms4rn]

Make Election Day a national holiday. Shut it all down and go vote in person. Make Walmart and Publix polling places. No early voting no mail in ballots. Integrity of elections restored.