If you have seen this, I apologize….Wow.. And Florida will lead the way.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in the nation — and while his fellow Republicans have reacted tepidly, voting rights advocates fear that it will become law and be used to intimidate voters. The proposed Office of Election Crimes and Security would be part of the Department of State, which answers to the governor. DeSantis is asking the GOP-controlled legislature to allocate nearly $6 million to hire 52 people to “investigate, detect, apprehend, and arrest anyone for an alleged violation” of election laws. They would be stationed at unspecified “field offices throughout the state” and act on tips from “government officials or any other person.” DeSantis highlighted his plan as legislators opened their annual 60-day session last week.
No…...No…...a thousand times NO !!!!!
Gov. Ron DeSantis isn't trying to outlaw voting, exactly. But he does want to start treating polling places as potential crime scenes: The Florida Republican has proposed creating a new "Office of Election Crime and Security" to hunt down and prosecute violations of election law in his state. It would have a nearly $6 million budget and employ 52 investigators — "a staff larger than most police departments have to solve murders," one Florida newspaper observed.
"This will facilitate the faithful enforcement of election laws and will provide Floridians with the confidence that their vote will count," DeSantis said in his "State of the State" address last week.
For the record, the regular police have brownshirts but these are Election Police.