A Ron DeSantis Crackdown On 'Election Fraud' Looks Increasingly Shaky
Posted on AllSides September 8th, 2022
From The Left
A story in Florida deserves a lot more attention than it’s getting.
It’s about Ron DeSantis, the state’s Republican governor, and the arrest of 20 Floridians. The crime they stand accused of committing is a form of election fraud ― specifically, voting even though past criminal convictions made them ineligible.
“Today’s actions send a clear signal to those who are thinking about ballot harvesting or fraudulently voting,” DeSantis said at a news conference in August, touting the arrests as the first big score of an election integrity task force he...