Florida House approves bill to set up nation’s first election crimes, voter fraud office – By Daniel Uria (UPI) / March 9, 2022
March 9 (UPI) — Florida’s House on Wednesday approved a measure that would make the state the first to establish an election crimes and voter fraud office.
The Republican-led House passed the bill that will establish an Office of Election Crimes and Security within Florida’s Department of state comprised of 15 staff members to conduct preliminary investigations of election fraud and 10 law enforcement officers appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate election crimes.
Republican state Rep. Daniel Perez, who led the legislation through the chamber, said the investigations unit would serve as an “extra resource” for local elections supervisors.
“The more resources we have to attack the bad people, the bad actors who are committing fraud, the better for the state of Florida,” he said during floor debate.3
