Voter Fraud

Civil rights groups, including the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, are demanding a statewide voter verification system, calling out officials’ “outrageous negligence” on the matter.

A report by the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald illustrates the confusion that has ensued after the arrests. The deputy director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition calls the system "broken."

State leaders say the primaries went smoothly, but they’re still talking about work for the state’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss how voting rights groups have been highly critical of Florida’s new state election investigation office, look ahead to the Artemis launch, and other topics.

Ben Paris was sentenced to a year of supervised probation and 200 hours of community work.

Florida voting rights advocates say the prosecutions are the result of the state's failure to create a system where individuals and election officials can easily verify whether someone has the right to vote after serving time for a felony conviction.

The felons were previously charged with murder or sexual assault, according to the governor. As such, Amendment Four does not apply to them and they are not allowed to vote under Florida law,.

Ten Florida men with felony convictions have been charged with voter fraud because prosecutors say they registered and voted illegally. Critics say the punishments are unfair.

So far, more than 321,000 voters in Hillsborough County have requested mail-in ballots.

Peter Antonacci is a former Broward County elections supervisor and a past statewide prosecutor.

The law is meant to review fraud allegations and conduct preliminary investigations.

An investigation revealed a flawed voter registration system in Florida, nearly two years after dueling court battles over how to implement a state constitutional amendment that allowed felons to vote legally without going through a complex process to have their rights restored.