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Gary Fineout

19 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Florida auditors found a handful of instances where it appeared dead people - and convicted felons - were able to cast ballots

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The audit - which looked at how the state Division of Elections reviewed voter files from 2017 to 2019 - found one instance where someone who was listed as dead voted 219 days later.

Auditors, however, said they did not find any "widespread irregularities" or "pervasive errors." Important to note - audit mostly covered period before passage of Amendment 4

Sec. of State Laurel Lee said the Division of Elections was working to analyze the records of voters who cast ballots after they were listed as deceased. “If appropriate, this information will be forwarded to law enforcement,” she said.

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