A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s most recent former Governor is backing clarification of the state’s resign-to-run law.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said Thursday that he supported an amendment to an elections bill (SB 7050) in the Senate removing all doubt surrounding Ron DeSantis and Florida’s resign-to-run law.
“I think that if citizens want you to … run for an additional office while you’re in office, I think it’s great,” Scott told radio host Brian Mudd on Thursday.
“I came to the Senate after I finished my time as Governor,” Scott added. “But (if) the state wants you to want you to run, then there ought to be an opportunity to do that.”
Despite any dialogue for years between Scott and DeSantis, the Senator is not offering pushback on the changes.
“The amendments made to s. 99.012, Florida Statutes, by this act are intended to clarify existing law,” the new language stipulates.
“Any person seeking the office of President or Vice President of the United States is not subject to the requirements of chapter 99, Florida Statutes, which govern candidate qualifying, specifically those which require the submission of certain documents, full and public disclosures of financial interests, petition signatures, or the payment of filing fees. This section shall take effect upon this act becoming a law.”
The bill was filed as a shell at the end of March, raising immediate speculation about what the legislation might address.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo affirmed the language this week in a statement provided to Florida Politics.
“To have any President or Vice President from our state would be a great honor. I don’t want a candidate to have any problems because of a perceived ambiguity in our laws,” Passidomo said.
“In my view, it is always preferable that decisions to clarify our laws come from the Legislature, not the courts. Providing unequivocal clarity on this issue is in the best interest of our state long-term, regardless of who is running for President now or in the future.”
The bill passed the Senate and will be on the House Special Order calendar Friday.
5 comments
David Pakman
April 27, 2023 at 9:10 am
This man is a crooked psycho and biggest offender in shoveling mountains of money to the rich at the expense of everyone else. Good representation of the corrupt hoard plaguing Florida at the moment. If you voted for this man then you are gonna burn in hell.
Ian
April 27, 2023 at 9:47 am
Well considering laws didn’t apply to him either that’s really no surprise! He also ignored . Incidentally a law he signed as Governor in 2018 then ignored then violated himself a year later.
Andrew Linko
April 27, 2023 at 10:31 am
Funny how election deniers lie about elections being rigged, but when the law, passed by their own party clearly states you can only perform one public office duty that taxpayers pay you to do, you change the law to benefit yourself, NOT Florida residents who are elaving because of the Insurance tax!
Frank
April 27, 2023 at 11:10 am
It’s not the State that wants him to not have to resign to run it’s his legislature which has run off the rails since 2022. Our state has gone from being the envy of the Country to being a good source of laughter……..let’s get back to Florida being the priority and not running for national office.
Dont Say FLA
April 27, 2023 at 11:23 am
Mr Scott clearly has some idea how to weaponize the “Rules Change For Ron Duh Santies,” probably casting it as the state GOP Supermajority trying to compensate for Ron’s weakness. Which is exactly right! Just like everything the GOP’s do, this “Rules Change For Ron” is an admission. They’re admitting he’ll still be the Gub’ner of Fleur D’uh after his run for US President fails. Everybody knows it, hence this bill, Rules Change For Ron Duh Santies.
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