Florida officials told the Biden administrationโs Department of Justice to get lost. They planned to send election monitors to Florida, but Florida told them it was unnecessary and unwelcome.
Theย Justice Department announcedย Monday that it would monitor 64 jurisdictions in 24 states to look for civil rights violations.
In Florida, the department said it would go to Democrat counties: Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties.
Aย letterย from the Florida Department of State told them to stay away.
โEarlier today, the Florida Department of State received copies of your letters to Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in which you seem to indicate that the Department of Justice will send monitors inside polling places in these counties. We also understand you sent a similar letter to Palm Beach County,โ said the letter Monday, a copy of which was obtained byย Floridaโs Voice.
The letter explained they crossed a legal line. They’d have to stay in their lane.
โDepartment of Justice monitors are not permitted under Florida law,โ it said.
โSection 102.031(3)(a) of the Florida Statutes lists the people who โmay enter any polling room or polling place.โ Department of Justice personnel are not included on the list,โ the letter said.
It’s too bad other governors didn’t do exactly the same thing.
Hereโs the full letter pic.twitter.com/xIh5CcxKW4
โ Brendon Leslie (@BrendonLeslie) November 8, 2022
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