"Threatening to cancel votes":
Florida officials allege fraud to kneecap abortion rights amendment
The last-minute report threatens to "cancel" votes for an amendment to restore abortion rights in the state
In a last-minute effort 
to kill a proposed ballot amendment that would #restore #abortion #rights in Florida, state officials are accusing a group that gathered signatures to get the amendment on this year's ballot fraud.
Florida Deputy Secretary of State #Brad #McVay claimed in a 348-page report released on Friday night that "Floridians Protecting Freedom" paid out-of-state petition circulators to harvest fraudulent signatures. That group that gathered nearly 1 million signatures for the abortion rights effort.
The report alleges that “more than 20” of the 911,000 signatures were from now-deceased Floridians.
Florida law allows voters to add amendments to the state constitution directly, if 60% of voters agree with a given proposal. 
Though the election is just three weeks away and ballots have been printed, challenges to the amendment could invalidate votes cast for the initiative. 
Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has worked hard to kneecap the rights-restoring proposal, 
reportedly sending state troopers to interrogate petition signers and threatening to prosecute television stations that run ads supporting the measure. 
On Thursday, state's Supreme Court ruled DeSantis was not abusing his powers in his attacks on the amendment. 
️Florida Democrats warn that the report is just another tactic aimed at killing the effort to repeal the state's DeSantis-enacted six-week abortion ban.
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