In August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the arrest of 20 felons in Florida for voting illegally after an investigation by the newly created Election Crimes and Security office. Even though the state restored voting rights for returning citizens back in 2018, those 20 were barred from voting due to the nature of their crimes. But some of them were confused — they say that they received registration information and even voter cards from election officials. Liz Landers sat down with the the person in charge to hear how he's defending what some are calling voter intimidation.

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