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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police
(Salon) Florida voters who signed a petition to place a pro-choice abortion referendum on the ballot this November say they have been visited by police who are investigating claims of fraud at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday.
Last year, DeSantis, a Republican, signed into a law a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. In response, pro-choice campaigners gathered and submitted nearly one million signatures to place on the ballot Amendment 4, a referendum that would overturn the ban and restore reproductive rights in the state.
Now Florida's Department of State is claiming it suspects fraud in the signature-gathering process. In an email to county election officials, the department's Brad McVay requested that they hand over their already-verified petitions so that the signatures can be reexamined, claiming without evidence that those who circulated the petitions "represent known or suspected fraudsters," Tampa Bay television station WTVT reported. ....................(more)
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/?in_brief=true
Hekate
(95,577 posts)DeSantis is a sadistic jerk
Lovie777
(15,475 posts)the one that DeSatan claimed fraud.
allegorical oracle
(3,596 posts)state bean counters found there weren't enough signatures to put it on the referendum ballot. Suddenly, I read it was on the ballot. But blow-back from Tallahassee revealed the expected attempts to nullify signatures, change ballot wording, or to add an unsavory explanation of the adverse consequences of voting yes.
These Repugs are busy little bees.
magicarpet
(17,235 posts)getagrip_already
(17,613 posts)Its not like there is no real crime in florida.
allegorical oracle
(3,596 posts)make sure the media covers it, and at least some people may opt to vote NO on the ballot.
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,454 posts)Biophilic
(5,112 posts)multigraincracker
(34,543 posts)Demand to have have lawyer for any questions. Its your right and you must demand it. Say nothing other than your name.
struggle4progress
(120,656 posts)Native
(6,689 posts)a deputy came to a neighbor's house to question whether her signature on this petition was real. she's an older women who walks her dog with my husband and several other neighbors each morning. she's a republican, and she always has her gun on her in a fanny pouch, but she believes in the right to choose and thinks it's horrible how our country has been torn in half. bottom line, they are questioning whether a republican would actually support this.
lark
(24,395 posts)I'd be pissed and yell at them if they did.
NameAlreadyTaken
(1,683 posts)bdamomma
(66,878 posts)lead some support and advice on this????
bluesbassman
(19,967 posts)Jack-booted thugs!