Posted on 11/15/2018 5:10:28 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
TALLAHASSEE — A federal court judge on Thursday ruled that thousands of voters whose votes weren’t counted because of issues with their signatures on their mail-in or provisional ballots have two more days to challenge the decision to reject their votes.
The order from U.S. District Court judge Mark Walker came hours before a 3 p.m. deadline for counties to report the results of a machine recount for the U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner contests, throwing more uncertainty over a process that faces a spate of legal challenges...[snip].....
Lawyers for the Florida Department of State and the National Republican Senatorial Committee countered that the state needs to guard against fraud and have a way to verify the identity of mail-in voters. They also pointed to testimony from Mark Earley, the Leon County Supervisor of Elections, that he has a lenient standard for reviewing signatures, only rejecting those that are obviously mismatched.
Scott is appealing the ruling.
“We are immediately appealing this baseless decision and we are confident we will prevail in the Eleventh Circuit,” Scott spokeswoman Lauren Schenone said in a released statement. “Let’s be clear- Bill Nelson’s high-priced Washington lawyers went to court to argue against a process that they previously argued for. It’s worth noting that Marc Elias is currently making THE EXACT OPPOSITE ARGUMENT in a similar case in Arizona.”
It’s unclear if the ruling will affect the deadlines set in state law for recounts.
The 3 p.m. Thursday deadline for machine recount totals will likely trigger manual recounts in the U.S. Senate and agriculture commission races, both of which were under the 0.25 percent threshold for hand recounts.
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The difference from now is that in 2000 the Electoral College vote was the absolute due date. There is no such absolute for a senator. Count until August and the seat will still be there.
This is nonsense! It is time for a push for a photo ID for voting. On absentee votes, there should be a place for a notary. Provisional votes should be monitored by both Republican and democratic monitors to pass.
Truth this a few people say “ My signature is never the same.”
“That is how I signed years ago.” or
When she got married her signature ( distinctly 1st name, last name)became similar to stenographer notation.
Ever see people sign for credit card sale and it looks like waves on the ocean? Intentionally a scribble.
See, when they signed the mail in or provisional balllot they did not know what their signature on file looked like. Those who signed the voting authority for comparison see what they need to copy.
Most of the rejects are likely from others taking a mailed absentee ballot and using it.
Thank God the traitor Jeff Flake will not be in the new Senate!
50 + Vice President Pense is still a majority, even if those 3 demonstrate their true colors. Among the 3, I trust Romney least of all.
Some of those appointed by republicans rule like democrats, but I’ll put my trust in God. “The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord, and He turns it whatsoever way He desires.” Proverbs 21:1.
OT, but it reminds me of a doctor who practiced at a hospital I worked at; his orders were little more than wavy lines, but we knew by his history, the orders he would write for patients with various conditions. It didn’t take too long to get familiar with exactly what those wavy lines meant. And there was always an old hand around to interpret for newbies. Plus, at that particular hospital, the nurses tended to stand up for themselves -— doctors weren’t looked upon as right up there with God, like they were at the local Catholic hospital, so if there was any question, no one was intimidated, if they had to “bother” a doctor and call him or her for clarification.
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