Gov. Ron DeSantis signed S.B. 7050, a massive piece of election-related legislation that places restrictions on community groups who register new voters and also creates an exemption to Florida’s long-standing “resign to run” laws.

The new law is an unnecessary and wasteful expansion of state prosecutorial power that could intimidate eligible voters with past convictions from exercising their right to vote.

The official accounting of Florida's Office of Election Crimes first year of existence shows the office is succeeding at its unstated mission to inject fear and confusion into our voting process.