Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed new voting restrictions into law on Thursday that will make it more difficult for people to vote by mail and use ballot drop boxes.Credit.Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald, via Associated Press
MIAMI Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed new voting restrictions into law on Thursday that put him in line with other Republicans around the country, and offered a display of nose-thumbing contempt toward journalists that evoked former President Donald J. Trump.
Mr. DeSantis’s brash style has made him stand out from other potential heirs to Mr. Trump’s populist legacy. But his actions on Friday feed into a national effort by Republicans to alter voting. In Florida, the law limits the use of popular ballot drop boxes, adds identification requirements for voters requesting absentee ballots and requires them to request absentee ballots for each election, rather than sign up for them automatically.