Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill creating the Election Crimes office, even though there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the Sunshine State.
Florida will open up the first Office of Election Crimes and Security in the country after the state’s GOP-led House passed a bill on Wednesday night, despite opposition from critics who say the office will be a tool to “intimidate” voters.
The bill, which was approved in the Florida Senate last week, will now be sent to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. DeSantis spokesperson“We’re very excited and thank the legislature for delivering on Governor DeSantis’ election security initiative,” Fenske said. “The legislature carried out our goal of making it easier to vote and harder to cheat.
. “These are people who will be looking for crimes where there are none. That has the potential to intimidate a lot of voters and the organizations who try to help voters.”Orlando Sentinel via Getty Images However, the bill did fall short of DeSantis’ original request.
“It is very clearly an attempt to satiate a certain sector of the base that has been bombarded with misinformation about the 2020 election and the Big Lie,” Brad Ashwell, Florida state director of the advocacy group All Voting Is Local,The office will also be required to present a yearly report to the governor, the state Senate president and the state’s speaker of the House, detailing the number of election fraud complaints as well as the number of investigations launched.
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