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Florida officials investigate voters who signed abortion ballot initiative

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Organizers turned in more than 900,000 signatures in January to get a measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution.

The deadline to challenge signatures has passed, but a state agency recently began investigating whether there was fraud in the gathering process.

Florida Democrats and voting groups have ripped DeSantis for the investigation, saying it is an obvious effort to intimidate voters.

The campaign behind the amendment, Floridians Protecting Freedom , hired a private company to handle most of the signature gathering.

Angelo Paparella , the company’s president, said in an interview that his company reviewed all the signatures it collected before submitting them to local election officials.

It is not clear how many voters have been targeted in the abortion petition investigation.