DeSantis calls for patience amid delay in vaccine shipments
Ron DeSantis held a news conference Wednesday morning in Manatee County, at which time he urged Floridians to be patient amid the delay in COVID-19 vaccine shipments. Snowstorms and icy roads up north have caused delays in shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine to Florida. “Now we did get the vast, vast majority of our Pfizer shipment this week,” DeSantis said. “We received about 136,000 doses.”The governor said the biggest delay is affecting the Moderna vaccine deliveries, which have yet to arrive. The governor said the Moderna shipments typically come by Tuesday or Wednesday of each week, adding that that’s the reason some scheduled appointments may be delayed.
Florida man who tried to get ballot for dead wife charged with fraud
BRADENTON, Fla. – Florida authorities say they’ve filed a voter fraud charge against a man who said he said he “wanted to test the system” when he tried to obtain a mail-in ballot for his deceased wife. Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett said he contacted the sheriff’s office after a review of voter rolls. Bennett said his staff reviews the voter rolls for each mail-in ballot request and it was discovered the woman had been deceased for two years. They determined that Wiggins forged his late wife’s name on the ballot request, according to the Bradenton Herald. Researchers say that voter fraud in general is rare in the United States.