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Omali Yeshitela, Jesse Nevel and Penny Hess spoke out against charges they worked as "Illegal Agents of the Russian Government."
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Among those four charged is Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement.
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The Senate bill immediately drew criticism Monday from Rep. Anna Eskamani, an Orlando Democrat who called it “absurd to drop a 98-page elections bill with just a 24-hour notice for its first hearing.”
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Republicans say the program would help migrants by taking them to sanctuary cities. Democrats say it as a political stunt meant to serve the governor’s national political ambitions.
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It will address a range of topics, including election crimes and hurricane recovery.
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Secretary of State Cord Byrd outlined $3.15 million for the Office of Election Crimes and Security, which was created last year and is staffed by five people.
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It comes after the effort the convince voters that President Biden's 2020 victory was not fraudulent, and the recent arrests of convicted felons who were accused of voter fraud.
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Pete Antonacci, a political fix-it man who garnered bipartisan praise during a career in public service that spanned more than three decades, died of a heart attack Friday afternoon. He most recently headed a controversial new state office charged with probing voting irregularities.
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State leaders say the primaries went smoothly, but they’re still talking about work for the state’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security.
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So far, more than 321,000 voters in Hillsborough County have requested mail-in ballots.
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The U.S. Department of State recently announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on foreign interference in elections.
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Legislation further tightening Florida’s voting laws made it through its first committee stop this week. It includes one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priorities: the inclusion of a 15-person group of investigators to examine possible voting crimes.