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https://www.commondreams.org/news/florida-amendment-4'Unhinged and Undemocratic': Florida Cops Question Abortion Petition Signers
"This is what state-authorized election interference looks like," said the ACLU of Florida.
JESSICA CORBETT
Sep 06, 2024
Floridians and reproductive rights advocates responded with alarm on Friday to Tampa Bay Timesreporting that Florida law enforcement officers have been sent to the homes of multiple voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights measure on the November ballot.
While Isaac Menasche told the newspaper that he isn't sure which agency the plainclothes officer who came to his home is with, fellow Lee County resident Becky Castellanos said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Officer Gary Negrinelli showed his badge and gave his card.
Both visits were about potential fraud related to the petition for Amendment 4, which would outlaw pre-viability abortion bans in Florida. Menasche was asked if he signed the petition, which he had. Negrinelli inquired about Castellanos' relative, who also signed the petition.
The officer inquiries appear "to be part of a broadand unusualeffort by Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration to inspect thousands of already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 in the final two months before Election Day," the Times reported.
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Florida Cops Question Abortion Petition Signers (Original Post)
cbabe
Sep 7
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Kittycatkat
(1,574 posts)1. Totally.Fuc&ed.Up. Florida is now a police state
LonePirate
(13,805 posts)2. DeSatan and his cronies must believe the measure will pass so they are trying to get it removed using scare tactics.
This really needs to be a national press story with DeSantis questioned by it from the press until he calls off his dogs.
Keepthesoulalive
(304 posts)3. You're kidding
We have no national press. Floridians just woke up when he tried to destroy their parks. 1 lone whistleblower saved whats left of Florida natural resources.
kacekwl
(7,300 posts)4. Not that it would help
with our screwed up legal system but I. Believe a lawsuit is in order.
keithbvadu2
(39,063 posts)5. Were the LEOs part of DeSantis' private Gestapo?
Or 'Gazpacho' as MTG calls it.
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