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Again if you have actual info to share then do it, but literally all you're doing is jumping to conclusions

We have more than enough available info to reach conclusions:

1: This is a solution in search of a problem, as has been the case with every single anti-voter fraud effort from the GOP since 2016, all of which have turned up nothing or less than nothing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/kris-kobach-and-search-mythical-voter-fraud/617069/

2: This comes in the wake of not only those efforts, but Florida's own election reform, which was overturned by a federal judge for discriminating against black voters:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/desantis-florida-election-bill-signing/index.html

DeSantis' action follows a March 31 court ruling that found several aspects of an earlier Florida election law passed in 2021 were unconstitutional and improperly targeted Black voters. In that ruling, federal Judge Mark Walker also barred the state from making any future election rule changes that are similar to the provisions he struck down.

3: The text of the law will make it harder for pro-voting rights groups and election officials to do their jobs without fear of reprisal

The new Florida law also increases penalties for violating Florida election laws. It makes it a felony to collect and submit more than two vote-by-mail ballots on behalf of other voters. It previously was a misdemeanor to do so. It also increases the fine from $1,000 to $50,000 on organizations that violate voter registration laws.
Cecile Scoon, the president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, called the new $50,000 fine a "direct threat" to her organization.
"When you couple the increased fines with the new election investigators, it doesn't give you a warm or cozy feeling," she told CNN in March as state lawmakers debated the measure.
The new law also extends an existing ban on private donations to include "the cost of any litigation related to election administration." Critics say that will cut off free legal assistance to election officials, who could face additional scrutiny under the new law.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/politics/florida-republicans-elections-bar-free-legal-help/index.html

Legislation recently approved in Florida would cut off free legal assistance to election officials -- alarming legal advocates who have worked to defend election workers from a barrage of threats, harassment and punishing new laws.
The bill, which Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature passed this month and GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign, would extend an existing ban on private donations to help run elections to include "the cost of any litigation related to election administration." Critics say that provision amounts to a ban on pro-bono legal help for election officials.
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"Due process is a cornerstone of our democracy," said David Becker, a former Justice Department official who helps oversee the Election Official Legal Defense Network. The network, launched last September, connects election officials with free legal assistance.
"The idea that you could be criminally targeted for prosecution but not represented by a lawyer who you chose, that you like, that is willing to represent you, pro bono -- that's blatantly un-American by any measure," Becker told CNN.

Desantis and his party have done nothing to earn the benefit of the doubt you are giving them, and everything to garner the distrust you're dismissing offhand ITT