A new bill would “cancel” the Democratic Party and make it re-register under a different name.
would require the Democratic Party to re-register as a new party with a name that’s “substantially different” from any other party previously registered with the state.
Democratic voters would now be listed with the state as having “no party affiliation,” and would have to register with a new party if they so choose. It’s unclear how much support Ingoglia’s legislation has from other Republicans in the state’s majority-GOP legislature, though the filing comes a few days after Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler
on local news channel WESH 2 that Republicans in the state would “continue to step on the gas” until “we get every Democrat out of office and no Democrat considers running for office.”the state’s Democratic Party as a “dead, rotten carcass,” he has not yet endorsed Ingoglia’s bill, and the lawmaker told WFSU the governor “did not know anything” about the bill’s drafting and he “[doesn’t]4.9 million.
to the state’s Division of Elections. That’s out of 14.5 million voters in total, while 5.3 million identify as Republicans, 262,815 with other parties and 4 million are unaffiliated.Florida’s legislative session where Ingoglia’s bill would be considered starts on March 7, though it’s still unclear if it would have enough support to move forward and pass given its extreme nature. If the bill were to become law, it would take effect July 1.
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