claim: "florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
author: dan gelber
evidence_1: oct 26, 2018 ... man in florida arrested, charged in connection with mail bombs sent to public  figures ... fbi agents to a florida man with a long criminal record now charged  with mailing ... case that has roiled the run-up to next month's congressional  elections. ... the nation's top law enforcement officials gathered at justice ...
evidence_2: aug 14, 2017 ... join the nation's conversation ... the meeting was one of many miller had with  local elected officials and hot-shot ... to ferret out public corruption, which could  lead to huge political shake-ups. ... from 1996 to 2015, u.s. attorney offices  charged 5,411 local officials with public corruption crimes, earning ...
evidence_3: aug 12, 2016 ... florida leads the nation in disenfranchising former felons ... of a felony, election  season reinforces how the state's voting laws don't apply equally to all. ... james,  convicted as a first-time offender on a charge of conspiracy to sell ... to north  america by the english colonists who restricted voting for criminal ...
evidence_4: oct 15, 2013 ... florida officials have charged two girls, ages 12 and 14, with felonies for ... join  the nation's conversation ... such criminal charges are extremely rare, although  the problem of bullying ... the sheriff said the tipping point leading to the arrests  came when one of ... bill to avert government shutdown in doubt.
evidence_5: nov 12, 2018 ... two thoughts on florida voting in light of controversy over vote-by-mail ballots: ...  “this is not just the most troubled elections office in the state, it's the .... on july 25  while charged with 17 murders and 17 attempted murders. .... he helped expose  campaign-finance scandals that led to two federal convictions.