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Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018

Updated Thursday — Judge Walker has ordered Florida elections officials to allow “voters who have been belatedly notified they have submitted a mismatched-signature ballot” to fix them by 5 p.m. Saturday. Click here to read more about the order. Wednesday’s story is below. The full 34-page order is at the bottom of this article. __ […]

Staff ReportsNovember 14, 2018

Federal prosecutors are examining date changes on “cure affidavits,” forms used to change information on ballots lacking such. The Department of State, reports POLITICO Florida, has “concerns” that instructions put forth in four counties said these cure affidavits could be returned by 5 p.m. Thursday. The law requires that these be handled by Monday before the […]

Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2018

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Gov. Rick Scott will sit out next Tuesday’s meeting of the state’s Elections Canvassing Commission, his attorney told a federal judge on Wednesday. The news came during a conference call with Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida. They wanted Scott […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott’s senatorial campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are suing the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office for not allowing a designated representative for each group into the room where ballots are being recounted. The parties filed the suit Tuesday in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County. The […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

Florida’s 67 counties should not have to sweat it out to meet Thursday’s and Sunday’s deadlines to recount last week’s contested statewide elections and instead should be allowed more time if they need it, argues a new federal lawsuit filed Tuesdeay by the U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The suit, filed […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

After Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and his team suggested there may be good reasons to extend recount deadlines if counties need more time to sort the U.S. Senate election, Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s team said not-so-fast. Speaking for Scott, Republican U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney insisted Tuesday that the recounts must proceed by law, a […]

Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2018

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Controversial Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes is hinting she may step aside instead of run for re-election in 2020. Snipes has held the position leading the county Supervisor of Elections office since 2003, when she was appointed by Republican Gov. Jeb Bush. She has gone on to win re-election several times since, running as […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2018

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was back on Twitter Tuesday, sounding the alarm about a potentially stolen election in South Florida. “Incompetent law breaking election officials lead to chance for lawyers to steal an election Dem lawyers aren’t here to make sure every vote is counted. They’re here to get as many votes for their client as […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2018

During the campaign battle against Sen. Bill Nelson, Gov. Rick Scott‘s operation routinely chided the third-term Democratic incumbent for being “confused” or otherwise detached from what’s going on. Remarkably, just two days after accusing the Nelson campaign of “fraud” on Fox News Sunday, Scott’s campaign is pivoting to a new message for Tuesday: The Senator is barely […]

Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018

Saying there’s no practical reason for the statutory deadlines that counties face to complete machine and hand recounts of last week’s election, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s lead vote-recount attorney said Monday he believes they should be given the time they need even beyond the deadlines. Marc Elias told reporters that Florida’s law was not created […]

Tag: Bill Nelson

Judge allows late voter fixes for bad signature ballots

Report: Feds looking into changed dates on election docs

Rick Scott won’t take part in election certification, lawyer says

Rick Scott files recount lawsuit against Hillsborough elections supervisor

Bill Nelson lawsuit asks federal court to waive recount deadline

Rick Scott’s team has no interest in seeing recount deadlines extended

From recount to retirement? Brenda Snipes hints she may not run for re-election

Marco Rubio: Democratic lawyers working to ‘steal election’ in Florida

Rick Scott campaign taunts Bill Nelson for recount silence

Bill Nelson’s attorney calls on counties to get time needed on recounts