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"Threatening to cancel votes":
Florida officials allege fraud to kneecap abortion rights amendment
The last-minute report threatens to "cancel" votes for an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state
In a last-minute effort ❌to kill a proposed ballot amendment that would #restore #abortion #rights in Florida, state officials are accusing a group that gathered signatures to get the amendment on this year's ballot fraud.
Florida Deputy Secretary of State #Brad #McVay claimed in a 348-page report released on Friday night that "Floridians Protecting Freedom" paid out-of-state petition circulators to harvest fraudulent signatures. That group that gathered nearly 1 million signatures for the abortion rights effort.
The report alleges that “more than 20” of the 911,000 signatures were from now-deceased Floridians.
Florida law allows voters to add amendments to the state constitution directly, if 60% of voters agree with a given proposal.
⚠️Though the election is just three weeks away and ballots have been printed, challenges to the amendment could invalidate votes cast for the initiative.
🔥Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has worked hard to kneecap the rights-restoring proposal,
💥reportedly sending state troopers to interrogate petition signers and threatening to prosecute television stations that run ads supporting the measure.
🆘On Thursday, state's Supreme Court ruled DeSantis was not abusing his powers in his attacks on the amendment.
⭐️Florida Democrats warn that the report is just another tactic aimed at killing the effort to repeal the state's DeSantis-enacted six-week abortion ban.
