Florida police have been showing up on citizen’s doorsteps to “investigate” signatures that appear on petitions for Florida’s Amendment 4, a proposal that would overturn the state’s abortion ban.
The officer’s visit appears to be part of a broad — and unusual — effort by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to inspect thousands of already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 in the final two months before Election Day. The amendment would overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban by proposing to protect abortion access in Florida until viability.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article292061625.html#storylink=cpy
LINK: Miami Herald
The signatures have already been verified by the state— that’s why the amendment is on the ballot. But, if you’re a law enforcement agency with nothing better to do, why not knock on a few doors to intimidate citizens for exercising their first amendment rights? Or maybe 36,000 doors.
Since last week, DeSantis’ secretary of state has ordered elections supervisors in at least four counties to send to Tallahassee at least 36,000 petition forms already deemed to have been signed by real people. Since the Times first reported on this effort, Alachua and Broward counties have confirmed they also received requests from the state.
Needless to say, this SHOULD be illegal election interference, but who knows in the Sunshine State? Then again, it SHOULD be illegal for a state agency to create a website campaigning against the amendment (see link in article).
