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Sam Levine in New York

First case in DeSantis voter fraud crackdown ends with split verdict

Ron DeSantis announced last year that 19 people were being charged with voter fraud.
Ron DeSantis announced last year that 19 people were being charged with voter fraud. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

A Florida man on Tuesday was acquitted on charges of illegally voting but convicted of lying on his voter registration application in a closely watched voter fraud case.

The split verdict in Hillsborough county was the first time a Florida jury weighed in on a case of one of the 19 people Ron DeSantis announced were being charged with voter fraud in August. Nearly all of the 19 have said they did not know they were ineligible to vote and believed they could do so because they received a voter registration card from the state.

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