FL Cops Visit Homes Of Signers Of Abortion Petition

The New Republic reports:

Florida is reportedly sending police officers to the homes of people who signed a petition supporting an abortion rights ballot initiative.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration has begun investigating thousands of verified signatures that helped to put a state constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion on the ballot in November. The amendment would overturn Florida’s current six-week abortion ban.

Multiple residents in Lee County have reported being visited by law enforcement following up on their petition signatures. Fort Myers resident Isaac Menasche shared in a Facebook post Wednesday that a “detective investigating petition fraud” had come to his home.

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Ron DeSantis is *sending cops* to the homes of people who signed a petition to get abortion on the Florida ballot.

This comes the same week that the Florida department of state requested information on 36,000 voters who signed the Amendment 4 petition
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— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 6, 2024

New: Florida residents felt shaken after DeSantis’ election crime police knocked on their doors to question the validity of their signatures on petitions that helped get the abortion amendment on the ballot. w/@romyellenbogen @lmower3 https://t.co/5Cya6SBXbz

— Justin Garcia (@JustinGarciaFL) September 6, 2024

Here we go again. The state of Florida has now ordered Supervisors of Elections offices in key urban areas to “review” signed petitions used to get the FL abortion amendment on the ballot to determine if there was “fraud.” Story. https://t.co/Eb28harKtZ

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 6, 2024