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    Florida elections police reject complaints against DeSantis officials

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    The lawyer who filed the complaints called their dismissals “one of the worst legal analyzes I have ever read.”

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    Florida Election Police Shuts Down two complaints of electoral fraud filed against officials in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.

    The complaints included Jason Weida, secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, and Erik Dellenback, the faith and community liaison to the governor, for their opposition to the healthcare access ballot initiative. abortion this year.

    Andrew Darlington, director of Florida Election Crimes and Security Bureausaid they were exempt of a law prevent public officials from using their official authority to interfere with an election.

    In letters sent Friday, Darlington said they were acting within their jurisdictional capacity and cited a section of that law that said it “shall not be construed so as to limit political activity generally… “. . . elections of civil servants appointed to the head. . . state administrative agencies.

    Adam Richardson, the Palm Beach County attorney who filed the complaints, called the analysis “among the worst legal analyzes I’ve ever read.” This exception, he said, was intended to apply to personal political activity, not the use of state resources or authority.

    “Reading them totally nullifies the law,” Richardson said. “There will be no accountability for this administration’s violations of the law except at the ballot box.” A request for comment is pending from a State Department spokesperson; the office is based within the department.

    Floridians have one last chance to vote on amendment 4which would guarantee access to abortion in Florida if it receives at least 60% of the vote on Tuesday – Election Day.

    Read Dellenback’s denial: Letter from the Florida Department of State, November 1, 2024

    Read Weida’s letter: Letter from the Florida Department of State, November 1, 2024

    Why Election Fraud Complaints Were Filed

    The Weida team created a status web page denigrate Amendment 4and the paid by the state for TV ads that direct viewers to the web page.

    Richardson cited that in his complaint for electoral fraud. He also mentioned how Weida appeared at a press conference with the group Physicians Against Amendment 4.

    With Dellenback, Richardson contested with the way he spoke at a recent anti-amendment event announced by the Governor’s Faith and Community Initiative – and said he represented state government in the process.

    This is not Richardson’s first failed attempt at state officials’ efforts to defeat Amendment 4.

    He had already contested anti-amendment actions by Weida as well as DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody before the Florida Supreme Court. THE the sued States parties argued they were free from the restrictions of state election law.

    “The Executive Branch has every right to express concerns regarding a proposed amendment to the state’s governance charter,” Moody’s legal team wrote in a filing. THE Florida Supreme Court dismissed Richardson’s motion for procedural reasons.

    This reporting content is supported by a partnership with Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners. Douglas Soule, a reporter for the USA Today Network-Florida First Amendment, is based in Tallahassee, Florida. [email protected]. On X: @DouglasSoule.

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