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DeSantis Explains To Newsom Secret To Counting Ballots In One Night Is Not Committing Fraud
Babylonbee.com ^ | Aug 19, 2026

Posted on 08/19/2026 11:03:54 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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TALLAHASSEE, FL β€” After an election night in which the Sunshine State successfully tallied all its votes within hours of the polls closing, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis explained to California Governor Gavin Newsom that the secret to counting ballots in one night is not committing fraud.

Sources revealed that Newsom called DeSantis late Tuesday night to express amazement at Florida's vote-counting efficiency, with DeSantis helpfully responding to his fellow governor that tallying ballots is much faster and simpler without the widespread implementation of election fraud schemes.

"You'd be shocked at how easy it actually is without all the fraud," DeSantis reportedly said. "As crazy as it sounds, it really does just come down to counting. Literally. As in β€˜1, 2, 3, 4,' and so on. I understand that may not be your strong suit, but I'm sure you have people who can get it done."

Insiders from Newsom's office confirmed that the governor suspected DeSantis must have been engaging in some type of witchcraft to count so many votes in so little time. "What type of dark sorcery is this?" he reportedly asked his staff. "Everyone knows that counting ballots takes five or six weeks, minimum. DeSantis must have some ancient leather-bound tome somewhere that provided him with a secret incantation that counts votes. Fraud or no fraud, there's no way to tally ballots so fast. I don't like it."

At publishing time, DeSantis had also informed Newsom that determining state election results was much easier if you don't allow millions of illegal aliens to vote.

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1 posted on 08/19/2026 11:03:54 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Sigh.....I will miss my Supergovernor πŸ˜”


2 posted on 08/19/2026 11:05:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

DeSantis Explains To Newsom Secret To Counting Ballots.

Just count the legal ones.


3 posted on 08/19/2026 11:09:12 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: V_TWIN
Sigh.....I will miss my Supergovernor

He will be missed.

4 posted on 08/19/2026 11:16:34 AM PDT by FatherofFive (We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: V_TWIN

Counting 3.3 million ballots in over six months is.


5 posted on 08/19/2026 11:27:42 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: V_TWIN
"You'd be shocked at how easy it actually is without all the fraud," DeSantis reportedly said. "As crazy as it sounds, it really does just come down to counting. Literally. As in β€˜1, 2, 3, 4,' and so on. I understand that may not be your strong suit, but I'm sure you have people who can get it done."

6 posted on 08/19/2026 11:35:53 AM PDT by GOPJ (WNBA: If a 30 year old man self identifies as a 10 year old should he be able to join Little League?)
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To: V_TWIN

Fer sure. And this batch of candidates in the primary made me feel even worse. Now the onslaught of anti-Trump ads that come with his endorsement. Can hardly waitπŸ™„


7 posted on 08/19/2026 12:44:57 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: V_TWIN

Sigh.....I will miss my Supergovernor πŸ˜”

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That’s understandable.

DeSantis needs to run in 2028, we need all of our best Thoroughbreds ready to run in the Republican Primary.


8 posted on 08/19/2026 4:05:26 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: V_TWIN

DeSantis for president 2028!


9 posted on 08/20/2026 9:42:06 AM PDT by CrossFollowerAlways (God alone is worthy of our praise)
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To: V_TWIN

DeSantis for president 2028!


10 posted on 08/20/2026 9:42:32 AM PDT by CrossFollowerAlways (God alone is worthy of our praise)
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To: CrossFollowerAlways

Yes, I am coming around to supporting DeSantis if he runs.


11 posted on 08/20/2026 9:53:51 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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