Broward Judge Denies Rick Scott’s Latest Demand, But Agrees Armed Deputies Are Needed at Election HQ

Law and Crime ^ | 2:42 pm, November 12th, 2018 | Matt Naham

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A Broward Circuit Court judge has denied Florida governor and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott‘s injunction request, which asked for the judge to “impound and secure” voting machines and ballots at the Broward Election office as the winds of recount controversy swirl. The Senate race between Scott and Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson was too close to call.

Scott had argued that machines should be impounded when they are not being used for recounts.

Judge Jack Tuter notably shut down that request because he hasn’t seen evidence that would require him to grant it.

“I don’t think I have any evidence to enter a mandatory injunction right now,” Tuter said. Nonetheless, Tuter said, the public’s confidence in the vote counting process is of paramount importance. The judge even suggested sending three more armed Broward County Sheriff’s deputies to election headquarters as supervisors.

“There needs to be an additional layer of confidence,” Tuter said. According to CBS Miami, Tuter suggested that the county send two deputies to the election office to watch cameras and USB drives, and a third deputy to monitor the other deputies.

While Scott argued that the injunction was necessary to “fix the erosion of this process,” the Broward Canvassing Board argued that security is also tight. Eugene Pettis, the attorney for the canvassing board, shot back that the injunction all hinges on Scott’s distrust of Dr. Brenda Snipes, Broward County supervisor of elections.

“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 said.

[Revel]

Sheriff Isreal’s Broward soldiers on the way. All hand picked.

[liberalh8ter]

Shut this down. There is no legislation that says if they miss the deadline they get to keep counting. Broward and Palm Beach residents will lose their votes but perhaps they’ll remember this when it comes time to vote for a new Supervisor of election.

[Bell Bouy II]

BFD same pussies that protected Parkland

[JoSixChip]

undermines our electoral process,

We don't have an electoral process other then to leave opportunity for the democrats to cheat. In my view, we no longer have fair elections. So we no longer leave in a constitutional republic. We have been overthrown by our own government.

[Bell Bouy II]

Broward and Palm Beach residents will lose their votes but perhaps they’ll remember this when it comes time to vote for a new Supervisor of election.

Hardley this Snipes didnt just show up yesterday

[hoosiermama]

Appeal

[Yosemitest]

Read this:

Broward Elections Supervisor Snipes mixed illegal ballots with valid ones waiting to be added

Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes, subject of intense scrutiny and a lawsuit filed by Gov. Rick Scott and Republicans over the counting of ballots, mixed about 200 rejected ballots in with ballots that had been accepted as valid, the Miami-Herald reported late Friday night. ...

After presenting for inspection 205 provisional ballots to the Broward County canvassing board, it was discovered that 20 ballots with mismatched signatures that had already been deemed invalid and were illegal votes were mixed in with valid ballots. They were integrated into a stack of legal ballots awaiting being added to the vote totals in the tight race.

The Miami-Herald reports that Snipes, when confronted over the ballots by lawyers for the Republican, confirmed that “the ballots cannot be identified.” ...

This is not the first time Snipes has been involved in an elections controversy. including another judge ruling against her and the county over destroyed ballots in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s 2016 Democratic primary race.

This is a typical, LIBERAL, "F--- You, I'm Lying but you cannot PROVE I'm Lying" moment !

[Electric Graffiti]

WTF is Scott going to the courts? They don’t enforce the law, he does.

[Mr. K]

so until it is shown they are using them to manufacture votes, he won’t impound them?

How about impounding them to PREVENT illegal actions RIGHT NOW you dumbass judge

[JoSixChip]

The deputies are there to keep the poll watchers out.

[Mr. K]

That’s like saying until someone proves they have actual stolen money, you won’t lock the bank vault.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Criminal behavior.

[ncalburt]

Scott can just order the state troopers to Broward and Palm Beach .
Stop the games .

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Indeed, the deputies kept candidate for Agriculture Comm. (Matt Caldwell’s) observer out in the sun outside the building for 6 hours today.

Matt had won until they ‘found’ a rat’s nest of votes on Wednesday.

It was the same day they found 38K votes for Nelson.

[ncalburt]

Where is Bondi.

[hoosiermama]

Judge is in on it too Sheriff could not get by with what he has for years without a corrupt judge.

[clintonh8r]

Virtually every Broward Circuit Court judge is a Democrat. We had a saying when I lived there: To be a BCC judge you have to be a Democrat and it helps to be a Jew.

[Electric Graffiti]

Exactly. It’s almost like he doesn’t want to #stopthesteal. It’s damn bizarre.

[clintonh8r]

Guesting on The Five or Hannity.