“You want to talk about what undermines our electoral process, it’s that type of behavior,” County attorney charges.
A judge has just denied Florida Governor Rick Scott’s claims of voter fraud in Broward County, and denied his request to have all ballots and voting machines impounded, which would have stopped the vote count.
Gov. Scott has falsely been accusing his Democratic opponent, Senator Bill Nelson, of engaging in voter fraud, for demanding voters’ ballots be counted, despite no evidence.
The judge agreed.
Broward County’s attorneys are pushing back agains the Florida governer too.
“Nobody is able to move about in these areas without proper documentation, period,” Broward Canvassing Board attorney Eugene Pettis said, as CBS Miami reports.
“They have not presented anything to suggest that someone got into this area and somehow had access to manipulate anything, They’re just saying ‘We’d be more comfortable if we could somehow get an order from this court to at least imply that intervention was necessary because we didn’t trust Dr. Snipes.’ You want to talk about what undermines our electoral process, it’s that type of behavior, that type of suggestion, without any evidence. They’re talking about 2016,” Pettis told the court.
The judge also cautioned the campaigns.
“I am urging, due to high public nature of this case, to ramp down the rhetoric,” Broward Circuit Court Judge Jack Tuter said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Nelson, who is running for re-election against Scott, has asked the Florida governor to recuse himself from overseeing the election.
Governor Scott “should remove himself from any role in the recount process so the people can have confidence in the integrity of the election,” Nelson said in a statement, as The Hill reports. “Given his efforts to undermine the votes of Floridians, this is the only way that we can ensure that the people’s votes are protected.”
Here’s Gov. Scott accusing Sen. Nelson of voter fraud.