Ron DeSantis

Florida Gov. DeSantis’ voter fraud suspects can now be charged, judges say

Two South Florida appeals courts overturned rulings that dismissed charges against a pair of defendants

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

Nearly two years after Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials drew widespread attention by announcing voter-fraud charges against convicted felons, two South Florida appeals courts Wednesday overturned rulings that dismissed charges against a pair of defendants. Divided panels of the 3rd District Court of Appeal and the 4th District Court of Appeal upheld the statewide prosecutor’s authority to pursue the 2022 cases against Ronald Miller and Terry Hubbard and sent the cases back to circuit court...

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