Posted on 11/10/2018 2:01:42 PM PST by EdnaMode
Lawyers for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson both fought to prevent a non-citizen’s vote from being excluded Friday night, according to a transcript of a Palm Beach County Canvassing Board proceeding obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Michael Barnett, chairman of the Palm Beach Republican Party, told TheDCNF that the county’s canvassing board was going through provisional ballots and quickly deciding whether to allow or disallow each. This exchange is of the first non-citizen’s vote they encountered. “We had a court reporter that we hired to sit in the proceedings, which are public,” he said.
The vote was disallowed despite the objections of the lawyers because two of the three members of the canvassing board ruled that it was an impermissible vote, he said.
Marc Elias, a lawyer for Nelson, told TheDCNF: “The lawyer who was present was not someone we had authorized to make such an objection. Non-citizens cannot vote in U.S. elections.”
He did not explain how the lawyer, Mr. Scarola, came to be representing Nelson’s interests in Palm Beach.
Barry Richard, a lawyer for Gillum, did not immediately return a request for comment.
The provisional ballots are being counted as the governor’s and Senate race in Florida appear to be within the thresholds requiring a recount. Gillum is running against Rep. Ron DeSantis for governor, while current Florida governor Rick Scott is challenging Nelson for Senate.
Palm Beach County and Broward County have been the sites of significant irregularities. (RELATED: Florida Elections Might Be In The Hands Of County Election Chief Who Has Already Violated The Law)
Elias is a powerhouse election lawyer who worked for the Democratic National Committee and hired Fusion GPS, which fed the FBI a “dossier” about Trump and Russia. He also litigated the recount that led to Al Franken defeating Norm Coleman for a Minnesota Senate seat.
He says that when the place is crawling with observers.
Behind closed doors he'd have counted it 5 times.
This makes my blood boil. The fact that these assholes are objecting for a NON-CITIZEN’S vote to count is infuriating!
Include eliminating the dead person votes.
What the hell, communists Democrats will allow dogs and cats to vote. Just use a paw print.
[But we were told that illegals don’t vote!]
PDJT has maneuvered this situation very nicely.
Now the issue is well defined and well framed, and the Democrats are on record as demanding non-citizen votes be counted in federal elections.
...This makes my blood boil. The fact that these assholes are objecting for a NON-CITIZEN’S vote to count is infuriating...
First a Coup d’ Etat against the President.
Now an insurrection against our voting system.
Democrats are emboldened & up front in our faces with their theft of political offices by subterfuge.
No more, they forgot or ignored this, coming back to haunt them as the wall has come down and DHS has been watching this all for months and since
Now it is lawful yet again to say NO to election results and anyone defending the “right” for illegals to vote in our elections is adversarial to the United States Federal LAws and by definition a co-conspirator in an act to subvert the government and lawfully elected officials therein. In short, a traitor and enemy combatant subject to arrest and trial for attempting to overturn the Unite States Government and allow further illegals from entering our country and following the same subversive plans
They have put a noose around their own necks, the only question is do the jump off the scaffold or do they need to be pushed
I know my dog is looking forward to voting the first time. But it won’t be for a democrat.
I know my dog is looking forward to voting the first time. But it won’t be for a democrat.
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My emotional support hamster cannot be denied the basic human right of voting!
I couldn’t believe my ears when the bald lawyer for Dr. Snitch made a statement saying...my favorite...”let’s not make this POLITICAL.”
DUH!! This IS politics, this is political. Does he think this is some condominium organization meeting??
What a pathetic excuse for a lawyer.
“because two of the three members of the canvassing board ruled that it was an impermissible vote”
So, an election official would have allowed a non-citizen to vote? That official needs to be identified and prevented from ever serving on an election board again. Prosecuted if possible.
Just can’t make this stuff up !
A chat with your hamster might indicate that he/she on election day identifies as a voting-age human.
Hmmmmm, if they want to do this, they may not have the votes to win?
Animals are people too!
My cat's better qualified to vote than any slime excreting Democrat.
I think the Dems walked into a trap.
Which indicates this is a predominant practice nationwide. Republicans? Please pass a nationwide voter ID law and get rid of provisional ballots!
Social Security must be notified when a person dies. Why can't this cause an automatice elimination of that person on all their voter registration rolls.
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