For at least two Florida counties, the new voting law means losing millions in private grant money bankrolled mostly by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and closing the spigot for more private dollars to fund election administration. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed the bill Thursday that includes provisions such as adding voter ID requirements to absentee voting and limiting ballot harvesting. The law also outright bans private money from being used to pay for local elections. The CTCL money went to 49 states across 2,500 jurisdictions for election administration to pay for additional polling places, ballot drop boxes, "voter education" and other matters. DESANTIS SIGNS FLORIDA ELECTION LAW TARGETING DROP-BOX, MAIL-IN BALLOT RULES, ON 'FOX & FRIENDS'Miami-Dade, which did not get the grant money until Oct. 15, did not spend any of it for the 2020 election.

Source: Fox News May 07, 2021 19:07 UTC