A power grab or good government? DeSantis suspends Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections; puts

A power grab or good government? DeSantis suspends Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections; puts in attorney with GOP ties


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher on Friday, and replaced the elected Democrat with an attorney with Republican Party ties.

DeSantis announced that West Palm Beach attorney Wendy Link would be replacing Bucher, but added that she has told the governor she will not run for the post in 2020.

DeSantis has won praise from Democrats over some of his early moves following the inauguration, but those warm feelings turned cold with the suspension of Bucher. The Florida Democratic Party slammed the decision as a “power grab.”

“In the United States, our elections are sacred and our elections supervisors are democratically elected,” Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement. “The Governor’s recent power grab, removing Democrats from elected positions, including Susan Bucher, should be seen for what it is, a gross overreach and a politically motivated move to consolidate power and obstruct the will of the people.”

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