Maybe we'll get a Rubio 2.0 out of this mess, just like the Kavanugh confirmation circus gave us Lindsey Graham v2. $:-D
Posted on 11/09/2018 7:16:47 AM PST by Morgana
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is warning that the fate of his state’s governorship could hang in the hands of Florida’s Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, whom he’s called incompetent for violating state and federal laws. A liberal candidate similarly painted her as incompetent and corrupt.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum initially conceded the Florida race to Republican Ron DeSantis, but backtracked after vote totals changed Thursday, narrowing the gap to less than half a percent in both the gubernatorial and senatorial races. Broward County is often the slowest of the state’s 67 counties to count votes, and its election department has repeatedly been faulted for wrongdoing.
Now, Perkins Coie lawyer Marc Elias has been enlisted in a recount effort. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is retaining Elias, who said it’s “not plausible” that, as Broward statistics suggest, 14,000 people voted in sometimes-obscure state-level races but left the Senate one blank.
Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who, by initial appearances, beat Nelson in a race for Senate, said Elias will use aggressive techniques to “steal” the election.
Elias worked for both the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC during the 2016 election, even before the 2016 presidential candidate became the Democratic nominee, when the two were supposed to be independent. Perkins Coie also hired Fusion GPS during that election to investigate then-candidate Donald Trump, which ultimately resulted in an unverified dossier being sent to the FBI.
“Democrat lawyers are descending on Florida,” Rubio tweeted Thursday. “They have been very clear they aren’t here to make sure every vote is counted. They are here to change the results of election; & Broward is where they plan to do it.”
“Bay County was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago, yet managed to count votes & submit timely results,” the Florida Republican continued. “Yet over 41 hours after polls closed Broward elections office is still counting votes?”
Rubio also pointed out that Snipes “doesn’t know how many ballots are left to be counted” and that she isn’t regularly reporting results, which are “chipping away at GOP leads.”
A liberal college professor who ran for Congress challenging Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz from the left, Tim Canova, made similar statements. Wasserman Schultz resigned as head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after leaked emails showed party officials seeking to rig the 2016 presidential primary against Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but she continues to represent the Broward area in the House. (RELATED: Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As DNC Chair)
A judge found in August that Snipes improperly handled mail-in ballots, and ordered her not to open mail-in ballots in secret after the Republican Party complained. Snipes’s defense rested on a claim that she didn’t know what the word “canvassing” meant, even though she is on the county’s Canvassing Board.
In May, a judge found that Snipes’s office broke the law by destroying ballots in the 2016 race between Wasserman Schultz and Canova.
Canova told The Daily Caller News Foundation that in that case, “they claimed to not know the difference between a federal and state investigation. They claim to be incompetent, but my impression is it’s partly a ruse.”
Polling and early-voting results showed him performing well in 2016, then the reported results rapidly shifted to favor Wasserman Schultz, leading him to suspect manipulation.
“So we put in a public records request to inspect some of the ballots, and if inspecting the paper ballot matched up, then it’s done, it will satisfy everyone,” Canova told TheDCNF. ” But the supervisor of elections stonewalled me for months.”
“I was told they didn’t have scanned images, even though on election night they put the ballots through a scanner. So we filed a discovery request to see the paper ballots,” he continued. “Three days later [Snipes] signed an order to destroy the ballots and certified that they were not the subject to ongoing litigation.”
“Her excuse was she just signed anything put in front of her and didn’t read it,” Canova said. “Then she said the ballots were put in the wrong place and that’s why they were destroyed. She concealed the destruction for two weeks.”
Snipes’s position is an elected one, and she is a Democrat.
Canova said even though Snipes admitted to destroying the ballots in a videotaped deposition, the government continued to fight the case.
“They’re using taxpayer money while bleeding us dry.”
Canova questioned why Scott and state Attorney General Pam Bondi, who’s also a Republican, didn’t pursue Snipes for criminal prosecution. He said she could face felony charges that carry five years in prison.
“We’re dealing with organized crime. I just don’t trust anything that comes out of this office,” he said. He said Republicans had joined with him to try to defeat Wasserman Schultz, saying “I might not agree with Tim about Medicare for All, but this about integrity, this is about getting out corruption.”
Canova posted video of people putting bags of ballots into private vehicles, including a sports car.
WATCH:
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Rubio also retweeted that a teacher said found a box of provisional ballots left behind at a school after Election Day.
Snipes did not return a request for comment.
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Maybe we'll get a Rubio 2.0 out of this mess, just like the Kavanugh confirmation circus gave us Lindsey Graham v2. $:-D
I think the Senate can refuse to seat Nelson if it’s abundantly clear the election was stolen. Whether the Senate has the cajones is another matter. That Gillium is a real POS. Yea I said it a worthless black racists POS. The racist black hegemony started with Obama is trying a coup de tat in Florida. Liberal upwardly mobile leftist Blacks are the new the KKK.
and evidently no power on earth can stop this woman from stealing a statewide election.. how this woman can be allowed to count votes without the opposition and a state regulator being right there to watch her is beyond comprehension
I'll let my ignorance show here and say - Who is in charge of this stuff? Who is the authority? Or would they just be another crooked Democrat?
That's how they get transported back to the municipal offices. But any delay in returning them is suspect.
A state regulator is a state employee, and likely a RAT as well. Can such a watcher be trusted?
this woman not trying to steal votes is like the local drug store in her neighborhood not being looted after a hurricane
The simplest solution for a lot of this is to repeal the 17th amendment.
Put her in prison. Just like old times in Florida. She did something illegal. Got caught. Ignore a judge. Given a pay raise and full reappointment.
He’s clear and names sense.
It’s all talk, though.
Who certifies elections in FL?
The count as if the time of deadline needs to be used and the election certified.
You’re dreaming, both Graham and Rubio will again be in the front of a Gang of Amnesty as soon as the new Congress is sworn in.
I’m glad that the election fraud allegations are happening now instead of 2020. I’m sure that Pres. Trump will plan accordingly.
In other news, Dog bites Florida Man.
Maybe. Maybe not. We will see.
BTW the FL DMV computer was hacked as well!
Unable to get vehicle Titles!
Would this indicate hack problem with election as well?
Who can we notify about DMV FL computer hack?
Micro speaking up? Too close to home, Micro? I’m sure your in some ‘Rat’s crosshairs.
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