A look at ballot questions and how new vote-by-mail laws will affect the March 14 elections in 17 municipalities in Palm Beach County, on the latest episode of the South Florida Roundup.

In a party-line vote, a Senate committee approved a proposal that would broaden the statewide prosecutor’s power to investigate alleged election crimes.

Secretary of State Cord Byrd outlined $3.15 million for the Office of Election Crimes and Security, which was created last year and is staffed by five people.

Hundreds of thousands of mail ballots were rejected across the country during the 2022 general election. That's about 1% of returned ballots, a rate similar to prior years.

Rep.-elect George Santos from New York has acknowledged deceiving voters about most of his life story. He's still slated to be sworn in as a part of the new Republican House majority next month.

Commissioner Beverly Perkins misused over $7,000 from her 2020 campaign, a report from the Broward County Office of the Inspector General says. She has denied benefitting financially from any "book keeping errors."

John Herbst, who was the city's auditor for 16 years before being fired earlier this year, won his election for city commission last month — but then came the challenges over his eligibility. He finally took his seat on Tuesday.

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman robocalled roughly 85,000 voters across five states, falsely telling them that voting by mail would risk "giving your private information to the man."

John Herbst, who won his election by over 2,000 votes, has had his eligibility challenged by his opponent. It means that, more than three weeks after the general election, the city's five-person board only has two members.

One of the 20 people arrested by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election security force this week accepted a plea deal that allows her to avoid any punishment. So far, none have received prison time. Last week, prosecutors dropped charges against one of them, while last month, a judge dismissed charges against another.