FDLE completes Alachua County elections office jail visit probe, 10th inmate charged

A report released Monday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s practice of mass registering of jail inmates “could compromise the integrity of the Florida Voter Registration System.”

The investigation, which led to 10 people being charged with felony election-related crimes, stems from a series of complaints filed by a Gainesville database researcher and programmer who says he found thousands of people across the state who registered or voted illegally.

In Alachua County alone, researcher Mark Glaeser has identified about 100 people — many of whom were incarcerated at the time — who he believes voted illegally.

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