Republican Sen. Blaise Ingoglia has introduced a bill in the Florida Senate that would require any existing political party that supported slavery in its official party platform to reregister under a new name.
The legislation, filed on Feb. 28, 2023, does not mention any party by name but it is obviously directed at the Democratic Party because of its long history of enshrining the right to own slaves as personal property in its platform during the 1800s.
The bill requires that the new name must be substantially different from the party’s existing name.
The measure titled the “Ultimate Cancel Act” (SB 1248) would also mandate the Florida State Division of Elections to cancel the party’s registration filings and documentation, including the voter registration of nearly five million Florida Democrats….