Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has
revealed that state officials have discovered fraudulent petitions were used to
get a radical amendment on abortion added to
Law enforcement officials are going to
thousands of people’s homes in
Investigators are visiting people
listed on the petitions to see if they signed their support for putting a
far-left pro-abortion amendment on the ballot.
Amendment 4 is so extreme that the
state of
During a Monday press conference,
DeSantis revealed that law enforcement has launched an investigation into the
petitions.
The governor said law enforcement was
called to investigate the issue following a wide range of complaints about the
group that submitted the petition for the amendment to appear on the ballot.
“And turns out they looked, this group
submitted, dozens of petitions on behalf of dead people,” DeSantis said.
“They saw those petitions being
submitted.
“There are other, petitions that have
actually been validated where the signatures do not match the voter file.
“So they were getting all of those
complaints, and they’re doing what they’re supposed to do.
“They’re following the law, and they’re
ensuring that anyone that broke the law is gonna be held accountable.”
“Our tolerance in the state of
“We are not going to put up with it.
“And so if they have identified
examples that are gonna be referred to Florida Department of Law Enforcement
those are gonna be pursued.
“If someone’s committing fraud that
undermines your rights.
“As, law-abiding citizens, we don’t
want to go down that road.”
Critics who do not want law enforcement
to verify that the signatures are all legitimate are pushing back against the
move.
They claim that police asking people if
they signed a petition is a form of “intimidation.”
DeSantis said that anyone who is trying
to commit fraud will absolutely be held accountable for their crimes.
Having that accountability deters a lot
of criminal activity from ever happening in the first place, he noted.
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