NOT IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: DeSantis Admin Prevents Federal Monitors from Entering Poll Places, 'Not Permitted'

Biden’s Election Day poll watchers are not permitted in Florida.

According to a report from Fox News, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration have made it clear to Joe Biden’s DOJ that federal poll monitors are “not permitted” inside polling places under Florida law.

From Fox News:

On Monday, the DOJ released a list of 64 jurisdictions within 24 states in which the department plans to send attorneys to “monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws” on Election Day. Included in that list are Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in Florida.

Brad McVay, general counsel to Florida’s Department of State, told the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department in a Monday letter that the DOJ “seem[ed] to indicate” that these monitors will be placed inside polling places. However, he said that is not permitted.

“Section 102.031(3)(a) of the Florida Statutes lists the people who ‘may enter any polling room or polling place,'” McVay wrote. “Department of Justice personnel are not included on the list.”

“Even if they could qualify as ‘law enforcement’… absent some evidence concerning the need for federal intrusion, or some federal statute that preempts Florida law, the presence of federal law enforcement inside polling places would be counterproductive and could potentially undermine confidence in the election,” McVay warned.

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“None of the counties are currently subject to any election-related federal consent decrees,” McVay claimed in his letter. “None of the counties have been accused of violating the rights of language or racial minorities or of the elderly or disabled.”

“Your letters simply provide a non-exhaustive list of federal elections statutes as the basis for this action without pointing to any specific statutory authorization,” McVay said. He also noted that during a Monday phone call between his office and DOJ, he asked for “specific statutory authorization” which was not provided to him on the call.

More over at Fox News:

Florida rejects federal monitors inside polling places: ‘Not permitted’ https://t.co/aaGLkRFeo9

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