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| Broward County Is An Embarrassment, And The Potential For A Stolen Florida Election Is Real |
| 2018-11-10 |
| [The Federalist] Last night CBS News’ John Dickerson tweeted "The Florida voting system is the Florida Man of voting systems." But at least Florida Man combines stupid fun entertainment with incompetence and hubris, as opposed to depressing levels of corruption and idiocy. Comes now Dr. Brenda C. Snipes, the key election official in Broward County, Florida has presided for the past 72 hours over a level of bureaucratic incompetence ‐ in the best spin of the situation ‐ or utter corruption in the worst when it comes to counting the ballots from her county. Last night Governor and would-be Senator Rick Scott announced he was filing a lawsuit against her ‐ not one claiming anything about the ballots being counted, but simply demanding that she live up to the regulatory obligation to tell us how many ballots there are. Again, this is not a lawsuit about counting, just about knowing how many ballots you have left to count, which is required to be disclosed by law. This demand to know the facts is being described by some Democrats as an attempt to prevent votes being counted. That’s how ridiculous the situation is. Here’s the situation: Florida law 102.141 4(b) details the process by which ballots shall be counted, and it requires that within 30 minutes of polls closing, you publish an estimated count of the ballots in hand, regularly updated afterward. Every other county in Florida other than Broward has done this. Broward’s Dr. Snipes has not. Local journalists have shouted questions at her, and the local officials have demured or said she was too busy or said she was "taking a break". In my humble opinion, "she’s taking a break" is the greatest bureaucratic incompetence excuse I have ever heard. The point is that Florida election officials will apparently tell you what they are required to tell you at a time of their choosing, not before. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 And it looks as if most Democrats accept the attempt to steal the election. This is an eye opener. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2018-11-10 07:47 |