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Drew WilsonMarch 10, 2017

State Rep. Al Jacquet and Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard, both Democrats, got a little bit hands-on with voter outreach last year according to an investigation by the Palm Beach Post. The report found that both men entered the homes of vote-by-mail voters and “helped” them fill out their ballots. One voter who is […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 1, 2017

President Donald Trump unfolded his promised massive scale-back of leftist Federalism last week by signing numerous Executive Orders – so many that their volume probably made former President Obama blush with envy. The Trump Revolution, which can be defined both in conservative ideology and viewed as totally hazardous, shallow and impulsive at the same time, […]

Darryl PaulsonJanuary 31, 2017

During and after the 2016 presidential election, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump complained about “millions of people who voted illegally.” He offered no proof to his charge, and virtually all state supervisors of elections found little evidence of fraud. It is “big news” when a single case of vote fraud emerges. It would be the […]

Darryl PaulsonJanuary 27, 2017

Shortly after defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump claimed he would have won the popular vote if not for “millions of people who voted illegally. He then revived those comments after the inauguration in a Twitter post that set off a political firestorm. Trump has called for “a major investigation” of […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 25, 2017

Florida Senate Democratic leader Oscar Braynon penned a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Wednesday, urging him to begin an investigation into possible voter fraud alleged by President Donald Trump. Trump has been alleging ever since his win that his challenger Hillary Clinton‘s popular vote surge was due to millions of illegal votes […]

Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2017

Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel wants voters to know that that the voting process is sound and he believes it was not corrupted by millions of illegal votes in November as President Donald Trump has alleged. Ertel, a Republican, took to social media Wednesday morning to spread that message. He conceded there may […]

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2017

President Donald Trump says he will order an investigation into voter fraud. The president tweeted early Wednesday that the measures will affect those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who are illegal and even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time).” Trump says that “depending on […]

Associated PressDecember 20, 2016

A story claiming Florida is set to recount votes in the presidential election because of fraud is untrue. The story posted on bipartisanreport.com on Dec. 6 was headlined: “Florida Moves For FULL RECOUNT Of State Over Massive Voter Fraud.” It received more than 73,000 likes, comments or shares on Facebook before it was removed from […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Democratic House District 30 candidate Ryan Yadav is calling for the state to take “all steps necessary to address” missing ballots in Seminole County, suggesting there may be voter fraud at work. Yadav, who’s taking on Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes, is responding to news reports in the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday that the Seminole County […]

Guest AuthorOctober 22, 2016

The GOP has just been hoisted by its own petard thanks to The Donald. For the last several years the GOP has vigorously pursued the implementation of measures in one state after another that have made voting more difficult. All along it has defended this voter suppression campaign as necessary to combat rampant voter fraud. […]

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Palm Beach County Democrats ‘helped’ voters fill out ballots

Steven Kurlander: Turn Donald Trump voter fraud distraction into 21st-century voting platform

Darryl Paulson: Florida – Land of electile dysfunction

No, Donald Trump did not win the popular vote!

Senate Democratic leader Oscar Braynon wants Ken Detzner to look into Donald Trump’s voter fraud claims

Seminole elections chief Mike Ertel takes to social media to defend voting integrity

On Twitter, President Donald Trump says he will order an investigation into voter fraud

Fact check: Florida not recounting election votes

Ryan Yadav calls for state response to missing ballots in Seminole County

Michael Richardson: GOP action on voter fraud? Don’t hold your breath