DeSantis’s Election Fraud Police Spur Copycat Efforts in GOP-Led States
- Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio consider new elections police
- Florida squad has had mixed record rooting out voter fraud
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Four Republican-led states are working to add new police agencies specifically to target voter fraud, following the example set by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Florida’s elections cop squad has faltered in its most high-profile cases since launching in July. But that hasn’t slowed down state legislators in Texas, Missouri, Ohio and Arkansas who have proposed bills that would create new police agencies to investigate voter fraud, an exceedingly rare crime typically handled by local police and elections officials.