{"id":2250744,"date":"2024-05-22T19:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-officials-warn-new-desantis-election-security-rule-forces-them-to-break-the-law\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T19:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:26:46","slug":"florida-officials-warn-new-desantis-election-security-rule-forces-them-to-break-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-officials-warn-new-desantis-election-security-rule-forces-them-to-break-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida officials cautioned that the new DeSantis election security rule may compel them to violate the law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-officials-warn-new-desantis-election-security-rule-forces-them-to-break-the-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Election officials in Florida express worry over Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-alito-moves-up-deadline-for-supreme-court-briefing-in-pennsylvania-lawsuit-to-flip-the-election\/\" title=\"Justice Alito Moves Up Deadline For Supreme Court Briefing in Pennsylvania Lawsuit to Flip the Election\">ballot rule<\/a> potentially leading\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says\/\" title=\"House GOP Will \u2018Trace The Money\u2019 Flowing Into Penn Biden Center, Hunter Biden Art Sales, Comer Says\">legal breaches<\/a>. During a \u200bsummer \u200cmeeting with Secretary of State Cord Byrd, concerns \u2063were raised by election supervisors about the rule&#8217;s implications for existing state laws. \u2064Your selected summary accurately conveys the key points \u2063regarding Florida election officials&#8217; \u2062concerns about\u2064 Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s new ballot rule potentially causing legal \u200bviolations. The involvement of Secretary of State Cord \u2064Byrd and the expressed worries by election supervisors are highlighted effectively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Election officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> are concerned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s<\/a> (R-FL) new <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/elections\/laws-rules\/rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ballot rule<\/a> could force them to break existing laws in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>State election officials gathered for their summer meeting, which also included Secretary of State Cord Byrd and other top officials. Many of the election supervisors voiced their concerns that the new rule would require them to be in violation of a state constitutional law protecting a voter\u2019s right to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-a-strong-fast-and-fair-special-counsel-is-needed-immediately\/\" title=\"President Trump: A Strong, Fast, and Fair Special Counsel Is Needed, IMMEDIATELY!\">secret ballot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/22\/florida-election-ballots-00159279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>per<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial ballot rule requires poll workers to cut off the four corners of a ballot that a voter returned because they made a mistake. The workers are then required to place the \u201cspoiled\u201d ballot in an envelope, thus preventing it from being counted.<\/p>\n<p>However, several supervisor officials pointed out the difficulty of poll workers cutting off the ballot\u2019s corners without seeing a voter\u2019s choices, which would violate the secret ballot rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not touch a ballot that has voter marks on it,\u201d Mark Earley, the Leon County elections supervisor, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>However, Joseph Van de Bogart, general counsel for the Department of State, did not agree that the secret ballot law applied to \u201cspoiled\u201d ballots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many election supervisors were said to be worried that their failure to comply with the \u201cspoiled\u201d ballot rule could result in their terminations. DeSantis has already removed the Palm Beach County elections supervisor for failing to meet deadlines during recounts after November\u2019s election in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few years, DeSantis has cracked down on matters of election integrity. In 2022, he called on the state legislature to create an office within the executive branch that has the power to investigate and enforce election-related crimes. Not long after, the newly created security office charged 20 Florida residents with felonies related to voter fraud in the state\u2019s five largest counties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida election officials fear Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s new ballot rule may prompt them to breach state laws. At the summer meeting, Secretary of State Cord Byrd and top officials discussed the issue. 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