Gov. Rick Scott suspended Eatonville Mayor Anthony Grant on Tuesday evening following his indictment on voter-fraud charges earlier in the week.
“It is in the best interests of the residents of the Town of Eatonville, and the citizens of the State of Florida, that Grant be immediately suspended from the public office that he now holds,” the governor’s executive order reads.
Grant, 50, and two others are accused of intimidating and bribing voters in the 2015 election that led to Grant’s victory. In six cases examined, a grand jury found that Grant, Mia Antionette Nowells and James Randolph unlawfully marked absentee ballots or forced people to vote for them, according to the 25-count indictment released Monday.