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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarco Rubio: Democrats Are Trying to Steal Florida Senate Race by Counting All the Votes
By Eric Levitz FLORIDA RECOUNT 6:24 P.M
On Tuesday night in Florida, Democratic senator Bill Nelson conceded a Senate race to Republican Rick Scott, because he was trailing the Florida governor by more than 57,000 voters. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, meanwhile, conceded Floridas governor race to Republican Ron DeSantis, because he was trailing the congressman by an even larger margin.
And then, Nelson and Gillum discovered that there were more outstanding votes from heavily Democratic counties than they had realized. By Thursday afternoon, Nelsons deficit had fallen to just 17,000, or 0.22 percent. State law requires a manual recount of any election with an initial margin under 0.25 percent. Gillums deficit, meanwhile, fell to 38,000, or 0.47 percent, which is under the 0.5 percent threshold that triggers an automatic machine recount, under state law.
More significantly (and alarmingly), irregularities began to emerge in Nelsons pattern of support. Specifically, an aberrant percentage of voters in Broward County marked their ballots for gubernatorial candidates but left the Senate ballot-line blank.
Link to tweet
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/marco-rubio-opposes-recount-in-florida-senate-race.html
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Really hope it's a machine error in Broward, because that can be discovered on a recount.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Like that never happens huh?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)But that would be hard to rig...maybe the machines screwed up? Did they use machines? But I don't know what can be done about that.
Something isn't right. It matters, when it's this close.
drray23
(7,638 posts)Conceding a race does not fo anything other than giving a speech on TV. If the race is later recounted and it flips, the candidate will get to be a winner even if they conceded.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Does Broward use touch screen?
Native
(5,943 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)Not sure what he is hoping to accomplish with his lawsuit.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts).. liberal democracies, they might as well live in Russia where Vlad doesn't either.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)He's accused them of fraud and is asking for law enforcement to investigate them.
"Standing on the steps of the Governors Mansion, Mr. Scott announced on Thursday night that his Senate campaign had sued the Democratic elections supervisors of Broward and Palm Beach Counties. He then asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which he helps oversee as governor, to investigate them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/florida-recount-nelson-scott-desantis-gillum.html
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Clearly something stinks to high heaven in Florida! Fuck Little Marco! And fuck Rick Skeletor Scott! 👿☠️
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... I'm sick of thinking about the overtly antiquated systems we use for voting being manipulated often.
Just a Weirdo
(488 posts)I knew the W curse will bite them on the ass.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Just look at his history saying one thing while he's actually doing the opposite, like on health care and the ACA. Its called bait and switch. He'll become exposed for election fraud eventually I think, and one of many in major legal trouble from it. He's also lied about Medicare , and Social Security.
JI7
(89,279 posts)Racerdog1
(808 posts)No one hears from you, you do nothing for Florida, the only thing you do well is try to enrich yourself. Lay the fuck down and let the process work asshole.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)didnt Rubio say being in the Senate was a job he didnt like, or want? You, sir, are just like all other pukes. You say government is no good, get yourselves elected & then show exactly how no good you are at running it. You, Little Marco, are pathetic!
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,768 posts)Ted Cruz is worse! I'm not sure he is the worst, but he's worse than Little Marco!
When I typed Little,one of the predictive suggestions was Marco.
kwijybo
(237 posts)Followed shortly by the ever popular "soap box, ballot box, and ammo box" quote. Since they have destroyed the ballot box, after all.
efhmc
(14,733 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:40 AM - Edit history (1)
Evidently one can't put an equal sign in the main heading. Tried three times and it just gets deleted. ??
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Now settle down!
turbinetree
(24,726 posts)and did they consult with Kathleen Harris and have her on the payroll...................again................
dameatball
(7,400 posts)affecting an election that I can ever remember.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Seriously. We need to start locking these fucking thieving deplorables up. This isnt strategic or just politics. This is criminal and they have been getting away with it for far too long.
Racerdog1
(808 posts)Should have been locked up for his medicare fraud at HCA
tanyev
(42,636 posts)Nitram
(22,913 posts)the GOP has tasken that stance in Florida.
Funtatlaguy
(10,890 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,133 posts)To pre-1958 Cuba. Contrary to present-day Floridians assumptions, Cuba was NOT a true democracy. In fact it was a dictatorship with sham elections and political repression. The last free Cuba election had been held some years BEFORE Fidel Castro took over, and vote-rigging was common practice.
If Floridians want genuinely free and fair elections they should blow off little Marcos whiny comments and demonstrating their outrage.
dubyadiprecession
(5,725 posts)Theyll have the Supreme Court create law to stop this lawful recount. Just like they did in the 2000 election.
The GOP is full of crooked, sniveling, spineless weasels!
mcar
(42,403 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)And don't choke on it.
malaise
(269,219 posts)Name and nature.
These fuckers hate democracy