Common Cause Florida and the League of Women Voters of Florida have filed a lawsuit to keep Republican Gov. Rick Scott from having any involvement in the recount of the Senate race. Scott is currently leading Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in that race by just over 12,000 votes, a margin that has triggered a statewide recount. (Read more in…
DetailsThe biggest voting outrage story last week in Florida was not Tuesday’s midterm election. And Gov. Rick Scott, who has been carrying on for days about his imaginary victimhood in South Florida voting, is actually better cast as a perp in a consequential, South Florida vote that has been buried by the news of the…
DetailsGov. Rick Scott’s claims of “rampant fraud” in Florida’s midterm election has been criticized by Democrats, elections supervisors, and constitutional scholars. But his rhetoric has also placed him in an awkward spot. Next week, he could be facing a choice of whether to certify the election results. If the election — and the recounts —…
DetailsA Tallahassee judge has ordered Florida’s secretary of state to give Palm Beach County an additional five days beyond the Thursday deadline to finish recounting votes in the state’s tightly contested races, according to the Palm Beach Post. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
DetailsCharlotte County elections officials wrapped up the local machine recount of ballots in races for US Senate, Florida Governor, and Florida Agriculture Secretary at 5:40 PM Tuesday. Supervisor of Elections Paul Stamoulis says he expects to release the results of that portion of the recount at 9:00 AM Wednesday. He says he expects the machine…
DetailsMachine recounts are underway across Florida, but it’s already clear the state’s supervisors of elections are hurtling toward daunting manual recounts under extreme time constraints later this week. At least two critical statewide races — for U.S. Senate and agriculture commissioner — appear destined to hinge on elections officials examining tens of thousands of ballots,…
DetailsIn Florida, Gov. Rick Scott made evidence-free allegations of electoral fraud and then ordered state law enforcement to investigate the county officials who oversee the vote count in two counties where his opponent performed well. (Read more in NYTimes.com)
DetailsEditor’s note: Charlotte County DEC member David Finster was an observer inside the ballot counting room at the Supervisor of Elections offices on Nov. 12th. Here is what David witnessed: A team of Charlotte County Democrats gathered at the Punta Gorda Historic Courthouse on Monday, November 12th to observe the machine recount of three statewide races…
DetailsCharlotte County elections officials began the machine recount of ballots Monday as part of the Florida statewide recount of the Governor, US Senate, and Agriculture Secretary Races. Observers from the Charlott Co. DEC and other interested parties closely watched the process. Bill Nelson (D) and Rick Scott (R) are separated by a mere .15% of…
DetailsA Broward judge on Monday turned down Gov. Rick Scott’s request to “impound and secure” all voting machines in Broward’s elections headquarters when they’re not being used to recount ballots. But Circuit Judge Jack Tuter offered a compromise: Add three Broward Sheriff’s deputies to the current lineup of BSO officers and private security guards overseeing…
DetailsDemocratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida on Monday called on his opponent, Republican Gov. Rick Scott, to recuse himself from “any role” in the recount process that will determine the winner of their race. It’s “obvious that Scott cannot oversee this process in a fair and impartial way,” Nelson said in a two-minute video released…
DetailsThe recount in Florida only began this weekend, but time is already bleeding away for election officials racing to meet the state’s Thursday deadline to complete their work. As volunteers rush to complete the legally mandated review, Republican Gov. Rick Scott — who leads in his race against Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson — is…
DetailsWant to feel old? Consider the fact that babies who were crying in cribs while their parents agonized over Florida’s protracted presidential recount in 2000 are now of voting age. Eighteen years is a long time. Even so, when we think of that time, many of us conjure up memories as sharp as barbed wire,…
DetailsCharlotteDems.com editor’s note: The following letter to the editor from Charlotte DEC member Teresa Jenkins was published in the Sun on Monday, Nov. 12th: Editor: Trump insisted that the midterm elections would be all about him. And they were. Trump’s overt racism, lying, bullying and assault on civility did not sit well with those voters…
DetailsRepublican Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s apparent victory over incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) was one of Democrats’ bigger disappointments on Election Day. But the margin was close enough to trigger an automatic recount, and since Tuesday, Scott’s lead has narrowed from 56,000 votes to just more than 12,000 votes. So, in a preview of the…
DetailsThe elections board in Florida’s Miami-Dade County has collected a set of mysterious ballots in the Opa-locka mail facility after Democrats raised concern about the uncounted votes. The uncounted ballots have emerged as one of many battles over the fiercely contested Florida elections that moved this weekend into a recount phase. (Read more in CNN.com)…
DetailsThe Charlotte County Canvassing Board will meet at 9:00 a.m. on November 12, 2018, to conduct that recount, and it will continue until completed.
DetailsAt the end of election day on Tuesday, it appeared that Democrat Nikki Fried had lost to Republican Matt Caldwell for the Florida Cabinet post of agriculture commissioner. Saturday, after late vote tallies in Broward and other counties showed she was actually ahead by 5,326 votes, Fried claimed victory and started working on a transition.…
DetailsFlorida rewrote laws and overhauled voting procedures in the wake of the disastrous 2000 presidential election to ensure the process would be smoother and more predictable the next time a close election triggered a statewide recount. The test is on. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
DetailsOn November 6, 2018 we witnessed true democracy when Floridians voted overwhelmingly that individuals with felony convictions should have their voting rights restored upon completion of their sentence. A 150-year old Jim Crow Era law will end in 2019, a law that disenfranchised more people in the state of Florida than the total population…
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