11-12-2018, 08:30 PM
Rick Scott is really out of line, in my opinion.
He needs to calm the hell down. Florida deals with the same vote count and process delays in every major election. They need to upgrade machines and reorganize on a statewide basis. It should have been done years ago. Hopefully, it will be done before 2020 so this drama can be avoided.
Anyway, pushing to have all votes verified/counted in a system plagued with outdated technology and administrative incompetence is not 'fraud' or 'stealing votes' or 'cheating' or anything of the sort. It's dishonest and harmful for Scott to cast doubt on election integrity with such baseless claims.
Scott has had a team he appointed from the Florida Sec of State monitoring vote casting and tallying from the start. They say there is no evidence of any voter fraud. Florida law enforcement says there is no evidence of voter fraud.
Today, a Republican-appointed judge ruled that there was no reason to grant Scott's request to move and lock up voting machines during off-hours during the recount period because there is no evidence of any fraud/wrong-doing and they're already secured in place.
The judge admonished Scott and other Republican politicians for making baseless accusations and undermining faith in election integrity unnecessarily.
He needs to calm the hell down. Florida deals with the same vote count and process delays in every major election. They need to upgrade machines and reorganize on a statewide basis. It should have been done years ago. Hopefully, it will be done before 2020 so this drama can be avoided.
Anyway, pushing to have all votes verified/counted in a system plagued with outdated technology and administrative incompetence is not 'fraud' or 'stealing votes' or 'cheating' or anything of the sort. It's dishonest and harmful for Scott to cast doubt on election integrity with such baseless claims.
Scott has had a team he appointed from the Florida Sec of State monitoring vote casting and tallying from the start. They say there is no evidence of any voter fraud. Florida law enforcement says there is no evidence of voter fraud.
Today, a Republican-appointed judge ruled that there was no reason to grant Scott's request to move and lock up voting machines during off-hours during the recount period because there is no evidence of any fraud/wrong-doing and they're already secured in place.
The judge admonished Scott and other Republican politicians for making baseless accusations and undermining faith in election integrity unnecessarily.