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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - A Seminole County man has been arrested on accusations that he submitted fraudulent petitions in an effort to put recreational marijuana on Florida’s 2026 ballot, the state attorney general’s office said.

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Alexander Francis, a 33-year-old from Winter Springs, was arrested Thursday on accusations that he submitted fraudulent petitions tied to an effort to place recreational marijuana on Florida’s 2026 ballot.

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Investigators said Francis, a registered paid petition circulator, turned in hundreds of fraudulent petitions to election offices across the state. Many of the alleged victims were seniors, with at least 35 reporting their personal information had been stolen.

Francis was arrested by the Florida D

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