In the tank for Democrats - NBC shows its bias in reporting -- check out this article
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/electi ... at-n934956
Republicans claim "Without evidence" they say - that Florida seats being stolen.
Without evidence? You've got election coordinator Snipes who has been convicted of previously destroying ballots, and otherwise criminally failing to abide by voting laws. Here, Broward County did not count its votes timely, and two days after the election, Snipes would not even say how many ballots were left to count, even though she was legally obligated to do so. there is video of ballots being moved vehicle to vehicle without any chain of custody protections, and she's apparently mixing valid and invalid ballots together.
But, the article says, quite carefully -- "State election monitors in Broward County told The Miami Herald on Saturday that they've seen no evidence of voter fraud." Counting fraud or improprieties by the election officials like Snipes is not "voter" fraud. The use of that term is very purposeful. It's to convey that Republicans are making up allegations of any impropriety because there is no evidence of "voter fraud." For there to be evidence of "voter" fraud, we'd have to examine the ballots. Obviously, there CAN'T be evidence known to people outside the ballot polling place rooms, of "voter fraud" because nobody has (or should have) access to those ballots until the officials and poll workers are done counting. However, the HANDLING of those ballots is vital to ensuring the validity of the vote - because if they destroy ballots or mix up invalid and valid ballots etc., that's a problem.
Also, the reason they need to get the counting done quickly - like every other county in the State did - is to ensure that late arriving absentee and provisional ballots are not added to the count. You can't keep finding ballots days after the election is over. That's just insane.
The article says -- "Todd asked Gardner if he would "accept those results" should the recount lead to "anything other than a Rick Scott victory" and no evidence of voter fraud is found." that's the usual question from the Democrats to Republicans - "will you accept the results.." - I.e., commit in advance, before the completion of the process, whether you will agree not to mount a challenge. If you say yes, then you can't go back on your word not to challenge the results, even if something other than "voter fraud" impacts the integrity of the election, and if you say "no" then you are painted as lacking respect for the electoral process. It's the same fucking game they played during the election of Trump, when they asked him if he would accept the results of the election before the election even happened. It's a dumb-ass question, and it's only purpose is political.
What NBC should be doing is investigating what exactly is happening down there in Broward county and trying to get the facts. Not sitting in a chiar and asking interested parties to make their political talking points.
The article says "no proof of voter fraud" - but, then ignores the fact that the Republicans are correct, and they received a court order finding the Broward county officials, including Snipes, violated the Florida Constitution. They're also in contempt of court.
They won't release the information on how many ballots are left. It's a week after the election. That's horseshit right there. And, come on folks, can we just admit that if it was in a red county where a Republican election commissioner was in charge and did exactly what Snipes is doing here, don't we all know that the Democrats would (rightly) be screaming bloody murder about it? And, shouldn't they in that circumstance?
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