Florida’s Republican leaders and business groups have long sought to crack down on the constitutional amendment process, claiming it is riddled with fraud. In 2019, DeSantis signed into law legislation requiring circulators to register with the state and making it a misdemeanor to be paid by the signature. He’s since made it a felony.

DeSantis deploys state funds to keep his six-week abortion ban, as Florida patients are denied cancer treatments and care to end ectopic pregnancies