Criminal Voter Registration Fraud Probe Underway Over Party Affiliations Changed By Florida GOP Canvassers

The Miami Herald reports:

A team of reporters visited eight locations where voter registration data showed unusually high numbers of voters switching from one party to another last year. The reporters knocked on every door where someone’s party affiliation had changed.

Four out of every five voters who spoke to the Herald — 141 in total — said that their party affiliation had been changed without their knowledge. In all but six cases, records show they were registered as Republicans by canvassers from the Republican Party of Florida.

Under Florida State Statute 104.011, willfully submitting false voter registration information is a third-degree felony in the state of Florida, punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to $5,000. Some voters interviewed by the Herald have also given statements to investigators from the State Attorney’s Office in Miami as part of an ongoing criminal probe into voter registration fraud.

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