Two petition circulators are being accused of forging voter signatures in Florida and Kansas. The campaigns involved efforts to put an abortion rights measure to a vote in Florida and allow the No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Officials from both states have made the accusations.
Two individuals, Jamie Johnson aged 47 and George Andrews III aged 30, hailing from Dade City, Florida, located in the Tampa area, have been incarcerated with a bail set at $150,000 each. Currently, Johnson is being held in Sarpy County, Nebraska, situated south of Omaha, while Andrews is held in custody in the Tampa area.
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In Florida, they have slapped each person with 20 felony charges, while in Kansas, Andrews has to face 30 felony counts and Johnson has been charged with 19.
According to Kobach’s office, Andrews and Johnson collaborated to falsify a total of 46 signatures on petitions in order to secure recognition for the centrist No Labels group as a political party in Kansas, thereby enabling it to field candidates in the upcoming November election.
According to Florida officials, Andrews and Johnson were responsible for submitting 133 invalid petitions across various counties during their campaign to place the abortion rights proposition on the November ballot.
It seems that the success of the petition drive in both Kansas and Florida was not solely reliant on the number of signatures submitted by the respective groups. In Kansas, No Labels had to gather over 20,000 signatures, while in Florida, they needed to obtain at least 891,500.
In a statement, Kobach firmly stated, “We will prosecute you and bring you back to Kansas.”
“We will fully cooperate with any inquiry,” stated Clancy in an email.
According to him, Stringenz was unable to confirm whether Johnson had gone to Nebraska to collect signatures for the proposed ballot initiatives. He clarified that she has no connection to the state.
