Voting Redo Rejected by GOP-Controlled Florida Senate After Election Fraud Charge

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Florida Republican leaders say they are standing by a former Miami-Dade state senator who was arrested on election fraud charges Thursday, rebuking Democratic calls to hold a special election in order to ensure a legitimate vote.

Florida's GOP-controlled legislature is among dozens of states promoting stricter "voter integrity" laws in the wake of former President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of fraud in the November 2020 election. But Florida Republicans say the GOP state senator who was elected—by a slim 32-vote margin—through allegedly deceptive means instead has the party's "full support."

Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle filed felony charges against former state Senator Frank Artiles Thursday, accusing him of organizing a $50,000 "ghost campaign" aimed at unseating incumbent Democratic state senator Jose Javier Rodriguez. The "sham" independent candidate neither lived in the district nor campaigned for the seat.

Prosecutors say Artiles deliberately sought to "confuse voters and siphon votes" from the incumbent Democrat. Artiles was arrested and charged with three separate campaign finance crimes tied to the 2020 Florida state Senate elections. But the GOP-controlled Florida legislature said it will not hold a special election to ensure voter trust.

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