Thread by @mattdizwhitlock

Here we go again.

Before you write a story about the Florida law’s “sweeping restrictions” or “reducing voter access” please take a look at the specifics of the bill.

Democrats want to make basic safeguards that have existed for decades toxic. Don’t help them gaslight.

All of these stories argue that the bill “restricts” mail-in voting.

That’s crap.

✅ It requires voters to request a mail ballot (not hard)

✅ It requires voters use an ID to request ballots (overwhelmingly popular in every poll you’ll ever see)

heritageaction.com/blog/myth-vs-f…

States that added special drop boxes for COVID are trying to figure out how to standardize them.

Contrary to the Brennan Center’s lies (below) FL will still have drop boxes, but they’ll have security and be in monitored locations.

Ballot harvesting!

Media is accepting the left’s argument that preventing paid political operatives from collecting ballots (unsupervised) is voter suppression.

It’s not. Ballot harvesting (trafficking) is wildly unpopular and FL was smart to limit it

honestelections.org/wp-content/upl…

Blows me away to see media uncritically repeat Dem lies that poll watchers (a safeguard that’s existed for decades) somehow intimidate voters.

Here’s a good fact-check from @Heritage_Action

heritageaction.com/blog/myth-vs-f…

And of course a greatest hit!

After media overwhelmingly botched the Georgia provision on electioneering (and campaigns not handing out food and water) Axios tied Florida’s broad anti-electioneering provision... to food and water.

This provision is NOT controversial at all.

Disgraced Democrat lawyers have already begun filing their (incredibly thin) lawsuits, focused on misrepresenting these provisions.

✅ Drop box changes
✅ Requiring a request for mail ballots
✅ Limiting ballot harvesting
✅ “Food and water ban”

democracydocket.com/cases/florida-…

Here the Washington Post follows Biden and Stacey Abrams’ lead invoking Jim Crow in an incredible reach.

I have to imagine there’s some kind of reward out there for finding a way to tie Jim Crow in, because the stretch here (in a NEWS story) is quite something.