Florida’s US Attorney’s have gathered in Tallahassee, along with Florida election supervisors, Florida state officials, and a number of federal agents. Florida is taking action to secure the 2020 elections from voter manipulation, and are providing more info to the public as to what they are doing to assure voters that they will prevent election tampering. They will use the next year to collectively safeguard the election process.

Special Agent Rachel Rojas, who is in charge of the Jacksonville field office of the FBI, stated that “elections are the foundation of our democracy.” She was joined by Florida Secretary of State, Laurel Lee, and Tammy Jones, Levy County election supervisor, and president of the Florida Supervisor of Elections organization for the state’s 67 county supervisors.

The press conference outlined actions for securing the 2020 elections by working together with federal authorities of the FBI Cyber Task Force, Florida law enforcement, and county election officials. A system is actively being put in place to prevent and act on incidents of cyber security during election times. Larry Keefe, the US attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said that “we will use every day from now to the 2020 elections to safeguard the election process which is the very heart of our democracy.”