According to the New York Times, Michael Bloomberg raised $ 16 million of this amount.
Miami, United States:
Florida Attorney General is calling for an investigation into former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nearly $ 20 million fundraising campaign to help convicted felons vote in Key Swing State.
The mogul separately pledged millions of people to rally Latin American voters in Florida, saying they “will play a vital role in the election.”
“President Trump has fueled the division in our country, including his relentless attacks on the Hispanic community,” said Bloomberg, 78, an independent who threw his financial weight behind Democratic candidate Joe Biden after a grim race for power. presidency earlier this year.
The pro-Biden organization “Priorities USA” said Thursday that the former mayor gave him $ 6 million to campaign among the Latino electorate, a group that in Florida often takes a detour due to the heavy presence of anti-Communist voters of Cuban origin.
That is just a small part of the roughly $ 100 million the media mogul has said he is willing to spend in the Southeast state, which is home to more than 21 million people.
On Wednesday, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition – an organization that works to re-emancipate former convicts – said it had received some $ 20 million, much of which was raised by Bloomberg’s network, to help previously incarcerated citizens to pay fines and fees in order to recover. their voting rights.
According to the New York Times, Bloomberg raised $ 16 million of this amount.
Some 800,000 people – the majority black or Latino – cannot vote because Florida law says they must first repay their debts to the state.
The rules stem from a law signed in 2019 by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump supporter.
Bloomberg’s foray into the Florida countryside appears to have left many Republicans in vital electoral state in bad taste.
Florida’s lead prosecutor, Republican Ashley Moody, said she would launch an investigation to determine whether any potential campaign violations would occur because of donations made to the organization supporting the voting rights of former convicts.
“This transparent political ploy is just the latest example of Republicans trying to keep Floridians disenfranchised,” a Bloomberg spokesperson replied in a statement to AFP.
For years, Florida has been a key state in the US presidential elections: victory margins are often less than a percentage point, and Bloomberg’s decision to help former criminals could play a decisive role.
Current polls suggest Trump must win the state to stay in power.
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