Last Call for 5.6.21 â A prime-time read of whatâs going down in Florida politics
Last Call â A prime-time read of whatâs going down in Florida politics.
First Shot
Gov.
Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday at a closed-door event at the Hilton at Palm Beach International Airport.
The measure, which goes into effect immediately, mainly changes rules surrounding mail ballots. It limits when voters can slip their mail ballots into drop boxes to voting hours. It also requires election officials to guard or monitor drop boxes during the hours they are available to voters.
Additionally, the new law aims to curb so-called âballot harvestingâ by blocking anyone from dropping off ballots from more than two people who are not in their immediate family.
Florida Chamber, Florida Prepaid launch Path to Prosperity Scholarship Program
The program will provide up to $20 million in college scholarships to disadvantaged youth.
The Florida Chamber Foundation is teaming up with the Florida Prepaid College Foundation to help new high school graduates in low-income areas pay for college.
Under the
Path to Prosperity Scholarship Program, the two foundations will provide up to $20 million in college scholarships to children from Florida’s lowest income families. Of that, $10 million will come from Florida businesses while the Florida Prepaid College Foundation provides a dollar-for-dollar match.
“The joint program reflects our aligned mission the mission of the Chamber and the Florida Prepaid College Foundation to create a future of opportunity within our state, one child at a time, and one college education at a time,” Florida Prepaid College Foundation chairman