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Public commenters press Boca Raton council on election integrity and urge a local cybercrime task force
Summary
Multiple residents used the public comment period to raise election integrity concerns and request investigations; another resident urged the city to consider a local cybercrime task force to help individuals and small businesses with online harassment and digital threats.
Several residents addressed the Boca Raton City Council during the public comment period on May 29 to express concerns about election integrity and to urge greater local attention to cybercrime.
Erin Atkes (introduced by the clerk) spoke about what she described as "critical election risks and vulnerabilities" in Palm Beach County and asked whether the city holds election-integrity workshops or budgets for such efforts. Atkes cited statutes and alleged chain-of-custody problems with vote-by-mail handling and tabulation procedures; she urged decentralization of ballot counting and said…
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