Florida official targeted by election fraud complaint

A Palm Beach County attorney has filed a voter fraud lawsuit against a top Florida health official, alleging he illegally used his position to try to defeat the state’s health access measure. abortion.

Jason Weida, secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, was accused by Adam Richardson of violating a state law that prevents state officials from using their “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or appointment to office or coercing or influencing another person’s vote or affecting the result.

Weida’s team created a state web page disparaging Amendment 4, which would guarantee access to abortion in Florida if at least 60 percent of Floridians approve of it. The state funded television ads that direct viewers to the web page.

“To combat the lies and misinformation surrounding Florida’s abortion laws, (AHCA) has launched an Enhanced Transparency Page,” Weida, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis, wrote in a social media post.

Richardson previously took issue with the DeSantis administration’s fight against Amendment 4

Richardson cited it in his fraud complaint to the Florida Department of State. He also mentioned how Weida appeared at a news conference with the group Physicians Against Amendment 4. A request for comment was pending with an AHCA spokesperson Monday.

Richardson previously challenged anti-amendment actions by Weida as well as DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody in the Florida Supreme Court. The sued state parties argued that they were immune from restrictions imposed by state election law.

“The Executive Branch has every right to express concerns regarding a proposed amendment to the state’s governance charter,” Moody’s legal team wrote in a filing.

The Florida Supreme Court denied Richardson’s petition on procedural grounds. Another legal challenge filed in Leon County by the pro-amendment group, Floridians Protecting Freedom, also failed.

This reporting content is supported by a partnership with Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners. Douglas Soule, a reporter for the USA Today Network-Florida First Amendment, is based in Tallahassee, Florida. He can be contacted at [email protected]. On X: @DouglasSoule.

Richardson previously took issue with the DeSantis administration’s fight against Amendment 4

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