Odusei@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFlorida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black Peoplewww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-linkFlorida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black Peoplewww.thedailybeast.comOdusei@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square257fedilink
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey could just change the state constitution to allow state legislature to appoint the governor.
minus-squareecho@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agothe Florida state constitution requires a statewide vote to approve an amendment with 60% of the vote. If they couldn’t get a governor elected they couldn’t amend the constitution either.
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAll they need is to suppress votes for one election and they’ll have control over the state forever.
They could just change the state constitution to allow state legislature to appoint the governor.
the Florida state constitution requires a statewide vote to approve an amendment with 60% of the vote. If they couldn’t get a governor elected they couldn’t amend the constitution either.
All they need is to suppress votes for one election and they’ll have control over the state forever.