Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that state agents were arresting 20 Florida felons who he said voted illegally in 2020, declaring it the first step in what he promised would be an overdue effort to ensure election integrity.
The number of arrests is miniscule compared to the 11.1 million Floridians who voted in the 2020 presidential election in Florida. But DeSantis said the effort shouldn’t be judged that way. “So it’s not just going to be 20 arrests. This is the opening salvo of an office that was just set up on July 1,” DeSantis said. “This is not the sum total of 2020.”
He promised more prosecutions to come, of felons who aren’t allowed to vote, people who voted in Florida and other states, and people who aren’t U.S. citizens.
