The trial of former Florida senator Frank Artiles commenced this week, facing charges of facilitating a scheme using "ghost candidates" to influence the 2020 Senate election. Prosecutors allege he paid a candidate to confuse voters, contributing to the defeat of Democratic incumbent José Javier Rodríguez by just 32 votes.

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