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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDaniel Uhlfelder: Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative
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Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative
Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative
Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative
One state representative has accused Governor Ron DeSantis of clear voter intimidation and plain corruption.
Florida is reportedly sending police officers to the homes of people who signed a petition supporting an abortion rights ballot initiative.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantiss administration has begun investigating thousands of verified signatures that helped to put a state constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion on the ballot in November. The amendment would overturn Floridas current six-week abortion ban.
Petition organizers collected about 100,000 more signatures than they needed, surpassing the 900,000 that are required by the state and ensuring that their policy would be on the ballot. Now the Department of States spokesperson Ryan Ash claims that his agency has uncovered evidence of illegal conduct with fraudulent petitions.
Supervisors in Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Osceola, Alachua, and Broward counties have been requested to gather around 36,000 signatures for state review, according to the Tampa Bay Times. One supervisor with 16 years of experience told the Times that the states request was entirely unprecedented. Not only had the state requested signatures that had already been verified, but they did so for a validated petition, not a rejected petition, which are typically the basis of fraud investigations.
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One state representative has accused Governor Ron DeSantis of clear voter intimidation and plain corruption.
Florida is reportedly sending police officers to the homes of people who signed a petition supporting an abortion rights ballot initiative.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantiss administration has begun investigating thousands of verified signatures that helped to put a state constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion on the ballot in November. The amendment would overturn Floridas current six-week abortion ban.
Petition organizers collected about 100,000 more signatures than they needed, surpassing the 900,000 that are required by the state and ensuring that their policy would be on the ballot. Now the Department of States spokesperson Ryan Ash claims that his agency has uncovered evidence of illegal conduct with fraudulent petitions.
Supervisors in Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Osceola, Alachua, and Broward counties have been requested to gather around 36,000 signatures for state review, according to the Tampa Bay Times. One supervisor with 16 years of experience told the Times that the states request was entirely unprecedented. Not only had the state requested signatures that had already been verified, but they did so for a validated petition, not a rejected petition, which are typically the basis of fraud investigations.
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The ultimate "Florida Man" is Ron DeFascist.
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Daniel Uhlfelder: Florida Goes Full Police State Over Abortion Ballot Initiative (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Sep 7
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enough
(13,413 posts)1. State terrorism
onethatcares
(16,508 posts)2. how are they doing this?
Is it a knock on the door late at night? A leo shining s flashlight into your house while his partner sits in his squad car? Or what? I would not put anything past desatan, not a thing
haele
(13,181 posts)3. They reportedly have been knocking on doors.
Looking for people who signed the petitions and asking them if that was their signature.
They're hoping to catch people who might be afraid of police or partners/family finding out and will deny they signed.
If they're looking to verify registered voters, the state can find out easy enough looking at voter rolls. But this is just straight up harassment.
Haele
Deuxcents
(18,463 posts)4. I signed the petition a while ago. No knock on my door and there better not be. 😤