Florida election officials call on GOP to stop stolen election claims after being threatened

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'Many of us have been threatened by our fellow citizens who have been led astray by these deceptions,' the Florida Supervisors of Elections said.

"During and after the 2020 Presidential Election, the integrity of our democracy has been challenged by misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation that sows discord and undermines trust in America's electoral process," according to the statement."Many of us have been threatened by our fellow citizens who have been led astray by these deceptions."

The election officials asked lawmakers and political candidates to"tone down the rhetoric and stand up for our democracy." They said they are committed to ensuring no voter fraud takes place during elections and that"every eligible voter's ballot is counted accurately." "But false claims of fraud do not strengthen our elections. Instead, they degrade confidence in the institutions, and discourage citizen participation in our democracy," the statement read., according to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Still, Trump wrote earlier in October that there was fraud"beyond what anyone can believe" in the state he narrowly lost.

A GOP-backed election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, a traditionally conservative state won by President

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