By BRENT KALLESTAD

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

TALLAHASSEE – An elections bill introduced by Republicans that could make it more difficult for thousands of Floridians to vote was condemned Monday by public interest groups and legislative Democrats who decried the measure as “draconian” and “unconscionable.”

Democrats were further angered by how the House version zipped through its first committee stop on Friday, only hours after it was written and without any public scrutiny.

“I look at it as group of folks who do not want to accept the fact that a Democratic president won the election in Florida,” said Rep. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville. “That is the bottom line. Get over it. Get over it.”

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