Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is asking law enforcement to “prioritize” the investigation into what may be “fraudulent” signatures on petitions to get a pro-abortion measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, according to a letter shared with The Daily Signal.
The Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections’ office received complaints from voters about their signatures being forged on constitutional initiative petitions circulated by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the pro-abortion coalition behind an amendment that would legalize abortion on demand up to birth.
To highlight “illegal petition forms” in Palm Beach County, Deputy Secretary of State for Legal Affairs and Election Integrity Brad McVay wrote a letter on Tuesday to Andrew Watts, the special agent supervisor at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Election Crime Unit.
“Given the volume of…