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Florida Arrests Ex-Felons for Voter Fraud
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2023
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2023, page 18
Filed under:
Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
Location:
Florida.
by David M. Reutter
On August 18, 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the first fruits of an investigation into allegations of voter fraud tied to the 2020 election. The state Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested 20 ex-felons that day for voting illegally. That’s 20 potentially …
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