Florida Agency Reviewing Ballot Harvesting Complaint Referred by Election Investigation Office

Florida Department of Law Enforcement is reviewing a complaint about ballot harvesting that happened in Fort Myers, the agency told The Epoch Times.
The complaint (pdf) claimed Terolyn Watson, Fort Myers Democrat City Councilwoman for Ward 3, has been going through neighborhoods on a golf cart, asking residents to call the supervisor of elections office to request a vote-by-mail ballot while she stands there and waits.
Watson also allegedly intimidated residents into placing her campaign signs in their yards.
The complaint was filed by Chantel Rhodes, Watson’s Democrat challenger for Ward 3.
Rhodes is a self-professed Black Lives Matter supporter.
“FDLE received a complaint about ballot harvesting in Ft. Myers and we are reviewing the complaint,” FDLE public information officer Gretl Plessinger told the Epoch Times. “This is not currently an investigation.”…}

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