TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a new law enforcement division to investigate and punish election crimes, but he’s said little about the ongoing criminal case involving “ghost” candidates that helped swing one South Florida state Senate race in the GOP’s favor and influenced two others.
He also hasn’t proposed anything to combat the tactic.
That’s led Democrats to suspect his motives in pushing the election crimes crackdown, a legislative proposal that includes increasing the penalty for ballot harvesting, requiring more frequent clean up of voter rolls and eliminating the use of unsecure drop boxes.
