Gov. Ron DeSantis' Voter Fraud Office Nets 2 More Arrests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The OECS report cited several cases that the office referred to law enforcement.
49% : "During the final months of 2022, with the help of the local State Attorney Offices in Escambia [County] and Duval County, law enforcement made four arrests based on additional OECS
45% : The office referred another 70 individuals to law enforcement after they allegedly voting unlawfully in 2022.
45% : The state's Department of Law Enforcement announced the arrest of Donna Prentes Brady, 66, of Ocala, Florida, on two counts of casting more than one ballot in an election.
38% : In December, law enforcement charged a Jackson County individual with misuse of voter information and fraudulent submissions related to petitions for a ballot question. "Not to be overlooked, in addition to the examples listed here, throughout the 2022 calendar year the Department [of Law Enforcement] and the OECS received and reviewed 232 Election Fraud Complaints, handled hundreds of e-mails, as well as answered hundreds of phone calls made to the Voter Fraud Hotline," the report says.
37% : Separately, the Department of Law Enforcement arrested Toye Ann La Rocca, 63, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on one count of falsely swearing to voter registration information and two counts of willful voting without being qualified.
34% : "We are sending that message to honest people, that you can trust your vote is being counted and not being diluted by a fraudulent vote, and telling the bad actors [that] we are going to hold you accountable." Florida's election crimes office investigates and refers findings to the state Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Law Enforcement.

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