is going to be on the ballot. madam secretary, probably the best example of a republican voter, florida s ron desantis who asked the state for nearly $6 million to create a so-called election police force to, quote, investigate, direct, apprehend and arrest anyone for an alleged violation of election laws in his state. now, voting rights advocates are concerned about partisan voting intimidation because it s ron desantis and also because it places unprecedented power over state elections over the executive branch. and mr. desantis is not the only governor or candidate for governor proposing something like this. what s your take on this? well, whether this goes through or not, the damage is already being done. it s just one more thing to
for governor in georgia david perdue an enthusiastic supporter of the big lie calling for the creation of an election police force in his state. he says to investigate election crime and fraud and arrest anyone found guilty of such offenses. an election police force. well, that comes as florida s governor ron desantis is asking his state legislature to set aside millions of dollars for a similar police force to investigate election fraud. and answer directly to the governor. outfront now an election security expert with more than 20 years of experience. you know, there is something jagr about election police force. it just sort of brings a lot of historical moments to mind i think for many. but how concerned are you about these proposed election police forces, david? i m significantly concerned for a couple reasons. first of all we have a very good idea of how much voter fraud actually exists and the amount is not zero but not much greater than zero. florida and georgia are great
throw so much friction into voting and all the sand into the machine especially in communities they don t feel will be reliable voters for them. so they. won t complain about early voting. they won t say in southwest florida we better really crack down and make sure early voting are ballot harvest or things they love to throw out these days but this is exactly the kind of mechanism that authoritarian states set up. they want to say who can vote, when, how they can vote when the votes are counted they want to have a veto of the vote count at the end and also say they can bring criminal sanctions and try to intimidate people who are trying to go out and register voters. they want to bring criminal sanctions with these organizations. you know who enforces the law? state attorneys enforce the law. they don t need an election police force. this is a tool of intimidation and frankly a sign again, they
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equivalent of an arsonist selling fire insurance on the side. it can t be said enough that none of the recounts and audits conducted in arizona, georgia, michigan, wisconsin pushed by partisan interests have been able to find anything resembling large scale voter fraud. 14 months after the election the right wing heritage foundation database lists only seven cases of voter fraud convictions related to the 2020 presidential election, at least six of which are by republicans. and those are only the ones that have been adjudicated today. but the facts haven t stopped many people from buying the self-serving lie hook, line and sinker. thiel try to shade and broaden definitions to keep the confusion alive and use that as a pretext to conspiracy bootstrap. florida governor ron desantis even proposing a 52-member election police force to investigate, detect, apprehend and arrest anyone for alleged