TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Fueled by their base’s concerns about voter fraud, Republicans in the Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved a contentious slate of elections reforms that would create a first-of-its-kind office to investigate election crimes.
The Florida House of Representatives voted 76-41, entirely along party lines, to send Senate Bill 524 to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it.
The bill makes numerous changes to the state’s election laws with a focus, proponents say, on targeting election fraud.
