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ximmy
21st October 2016, 04:06 PM
Early Voting In Florida Shows Trump Winning Election By Landslide
by Sean Adl-Tabatabai (http://yournewswire.com/florida-trump-win-election/)
http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/florida-results-trump-win-700x350.png
Democratic stronghold Florida looks set to overwhelmingly vote in Donald Trump, with early ballot counts showing a Republican landslide win in the State.
Even though President Obama won Florida twice during the 2008 and 2012 elections, the must-win state looks set to become a Republican stronghold.
Thegatewaypundit.com (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/09/yuge-trump-leads-early-voting-florida-120000-first-republicans-state/) reports:
Florida is a must-win state for Donald Trump to declare victory on election day and the good news is that he’s off to a very good start.
In fact, his lead in early voting there is a first for Republicans.

The News Alert (http://nalert.blogspot.com/2016/09/florida-shocker-republicans-winning-by.html) blog reports:
Florida Shocker: Republicans Winning By 120,000 Votes In Early Voting. #Trump the FIRST Republican EVER to win early votes in FL! #TrumpPence16.

BREAKING: #Trump (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash) the FIRST Republican EVER to win early votes in FL! #TrumpPence16 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpPence16?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/PzefGCEAfE (https://t.co/PzefGCEAfE)
— ALWAYS TRUMP! (@Always_Trump) September 23, 2016 (https://twitter.com/Always_Trump/status/779397435609214976)
Here are the numbers, via the Florida Division of Elections (https://countyballotfiles.elections.myflorida.com/FVRSCountyBallotReports/AbsenteeEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats):
2016 General Election
Election Number – 10282 Election Date – 11/08/2016
Republican 881,274 – Democrat 760,003
This is extremely good news for the Trump campaign.

http://investmentwatchblog.com/early-voting-in-florida-shows-trump-winning-election-by-landslide/

crimethink
21st October 2016, 04:16 PM
On November 8th, Her Majesty will "win" 103% of numerous precincts in Miami-Dade to counter this.

ximmy
21st October 2016, 04:19 PM
ACTUARIAL REVIEW: Analysis of Recent Polls Shows Trump Win and Possible Landslide

Jim Hoft (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/author/jim-hoft/) Oct 18th, 2016 10:02 am 739 Comments (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/actuarial-review-of-recent-polls-shows-trump-win-and-possible-landslide/#disqus_thread)
Guest post by Joe Hoft (http://www.joehoft.com/)
http://16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/trump-clinton-speeches-575x327.png Ann Coulter warned in her book Slander (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FBJAPU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) in 2003 that the far left main stream media always uses polls to push their agenda. Polls can be skewed by selecting an unreasonable sample size, by asking lead up questions or by selecting more of a sample population of one side of an issue to achieve a desired result.
Main stream media skews polls to discourage potential voters from voting and has done it for years.
A good example of the media trying to shape a vote was in 1980. In a Gallup poll released on October 26th in 1980, two weeks before the election, (http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2012-09-20/gallop-poll-jimmy-carter-47-ronald-reagan-39) Jimmy Carter was leading Ronald Reagan 47 – 39. Two weeks later Reagan won in such a landslide that Carter conceded before California was closed.
http://16004-presscdn-0-50.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/1980-Elec-Map.png Another example of mainstream liberal media bias was in 1988. A Gallup Poll from July 26 showed Michael S. Dukakis leading George H. W. Bush by 17 points. Of course Bush went on to thump Dukakis in the general election.
This past week a number of polls show Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by various margins. One poll last week reported by NBC/WSJ showed Hillary ahead by 11. However, Truthfeed pointed out that NBC/WSJ didn’t mention that the poll was created by a Hillary Super PAC (http://truthfeed.com/busted-fake-nbc-poll-showing-hillary-up-by-11-points-was-conducted-by-a-hillary-superpac/28809/).
It’s also well known that the Monmouth University poll is run by a Hillary Huckster (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/08/22/monmouth-university-pollster-patrick-murray-busted-manipulating-poll-data-then-lying-about-it/) who recently was caught manipulating a poll and then lied about it.
Realclearpolitics.com (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/) takes an average of these distorted polls to come up with their analysis of the current race. Their efforts are a great example of the phrase – ‘garbage in – garbage out’.
Expert Analysis
With all the liberal distortions and dishonesty we decided to have a small team of actuarial and statistics professionals take a look at a couple of the recent polls to get their take on the reliability of these polls. They selected the recent FOX poll from October 14 showing Hillary up by 7 and the WSJ/NBC poll from October 16 showing Hillary with an 11 point lead.


The first observation is that both polls are heavily skewed towards Democrats. At a high level, the FOX poll consists of 43 Dems to 36 Reps to 21 Other while the NBC poll shows 44 Dems to 37 Reps to 19 Other.
By selecting more Dems the polls are designed to provide a Dem result.
Our experts next analyzed the data and calculated results using the same data from the two surveys on a split of 40 Dems, 40 Reps and 20 Other. The results show that using either sets of data Trump comes out ahead with a larger margin of victory using the FOX data.
Clearly the polls using data that is heavily weighted towards Democrat voters is incorrectly skewed.
This year Republicans crushed their previous record (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/) in the primaries for number of votes by 150%. Their old record was 20 million and this year 31 million voted in the primaries.
The Democrats on the other hand had 7 million votes less than their record year in 2008 with 30 million this year compared to 37 million in 2008.
Also, the primaries were heavily contested on both sides resulting in factions from each party vowing not to vote for the party candidate. The impact of these two groups is difficult to judge. The percentage of these voters that change parties is probably limited. If anything, the Sanders people will probably be more likely to vote for Trump since he is an outsider and many of them will never vote for Crooked Hillary.
Finally, it is difficult to determine what the independent voters will do but many independent voters partook in the primaries to vote for Trump. Therefore it is more likely that Independent voters vote for Trump as well.
If more Democratic voters vote for Trump than Republicans vote for Hillary and more Independents vote for Trump than Hillary, both scenarios which are highly likely, then the results of the general election will likely be a Trump landslide.

ximmy
21st October 2016, 04:20 PM
Dems must take down the internet to keep real data from Americans.

Cebu_4_2
21st October 2016, 04:34 PM
Are they even able to show the results yet?

crimethink
21st October 2016, 04:41 PM
Dems must take down the internet to keep real data from Americans.

...and blame the Russians, so the Electoral College can install Her Majesty anyway.

Glass
21st October 2016, 04:55 PM
what needs to happen is for everyone to vote by postal ballot.

osoab
21st October 2016, 05:25 PM
I voted already. Optical scan.

SilverTop
21st October 2016, 08:29 PM
Early voting doesn't start here in PBC till Monday the 24th. I see no Hillary signs in my area, just Trump signs. If he wins PBC anything south won't matter. Side note the Cubans are going R this time so it looks like he will win FL.

vacuum
22nd October 2016, 01:26 AM
Trump is killing it Wisconsin right now...if this is real.

http://wisconsinvote.org/election-results


https://i.sli.mg/4ZF5DK.png

crimethink
22nd October 2016, 01:41 AM
Trump is killing it Wisconsin right now...if this is real.

http://wisconsinvote.org/election-results


https://i.sli.mg/4ZF5DK.png

It's sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television, so it is likely real. And wow.

Never heard of Rocky De La Fuente, but he's for real. Reform Party:

https://www.rocky2016.com/

Plenty of Stoners in Wisconsin voting for Gary, too - closing in on Her Majesty, LOL.

You missed Monica Moorhead (Worker's World aka Communist) at 1.6% and Jill Stein at 2.0%

http://www.workers.org/wwp/our-campaign-candidates/

expat4ever
22nd October 2016, 02:26 AM
I thought it was illegal to report election results before the closing of the polls on election day. If these results are real though, its good enough for me. Lets just call it now. Trump wins.

Hopefully the dems will stay home this year since they already feel they got it in the bag. Stay home and smoke weed. Free pizza will be delivered by all those dems who stay home and dont vote this year.

Shami-Amourae
22nd October 2016, 03:01 AM
If Trump wins somehow it will give a lot of people in our movement hope for the future and something to fight for.

A giant White Pill.

goldleaf
22nd October 2016, 05:15 AM
what a bunch of bullshit on that Wisconsin election result thing. I was a town chairman for 6 years and all mail in and absentee votes are counted after the polls close after the onsite votes are counted by appointed election officials. It sure looks like they are pushing big time liberal jew Feingold over Johnson.

Shami-Amourae
22nd October 2016, 05:21 AM
It's pretty crazy how much Johnson is winning though. He seems to be getting a lot of the anti-Clinton && anti-Trump vote.

Shami-Amourae
22nd October 2016, 05:44 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8tMk-ZOx8

Joshua01
22nd October 2016, 06:31 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8tMk-ZOx8

After listening to this person, how can anyone even want this person in their neighborhood, let alone in their home. She's a skank and a prime example of evil. Even if she gets elected, that won't really mean anything. People are sick and tired of folks like this and it's time to drain the swamp

ximmy
25th October 2016, 06:32 PM
Current Vote Trends Show Trump Will Carry Florida By Close To Ten Points 55-45… (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/25/current-vote-trends-show-trump-will-carry-florida-by-close-to-ten-points-55-45/) Posted on October 25, 2016 (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/25/current-vote-trends-show-trump-will-carry-florida-by-close-to-ten-points-55-45/) by sundance (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/author/sundancecracker/)

FLEPOREBLOG (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/25/coach-bobby-bowden-put-me-down-for-eight/#comment-3133554)has the fancy analysis summed up well: Latest Florida Early Mail Voting as well as Early Voting (which started on 10/24) of 10/25
30,982 (+10,369 from 10/24) more registered Republicans have returned an Early Mail-in-Ballot as of 10/24 (+2.3% Lead up from 1.7% on 10/24 {+0.6%})
Voted-by-Mail (Returned)
♦ Rep: 556,058 (+52,426 from 10/24)
♦ DEM: 525,076 (+42,057 from 10/24)
Other: 34,176 (+2,669 from 10/24)
No Party Affiliation: 208,124 (+19,933 from 10/24)
Total Returned: 1,323,434 (+117,085 from 10/24)
#Trump(Rep): 42.0% (+0.3% from 10/24)
#HRC(Dem): 39.7% (-0.3% from 10/24)
Other: 2.6% (same from 10/24)
No Party Affiliation: 15.7% (+0.1% from 10/24)
24,007 more registered Democrats have Voted Early as of 10/24
Early Voting (Only)
♦ Rep: 109,034
♦ DEM: 133,041
Other: 6,650
No Party Affiliation: 42,724
Total Returned: 291,449
#Trump(Rep): 37.4%
#HRC(Dem): 45.6%
Other: 2.3%
No Party Affiliation: 14.7
NOTE: 17 Counties don’t start Early Voting until Saturday, October 29th. I looked at the Vote-by-Mail (Returned) for each County and had the following distribution:
#Trump(Rep): 40,748
#HRC(Dem): 30,304
Other: 2,888
No Part Affiliation: 12,082
You can track this daily at the following link – SEE HERE (https://countyballotfiles.elections.myflorida.com/FVRSCountyBallotReports/AbsenteeEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats)
Actual votes from the mail-in-process and early voting won’t be counted until Election Day. One can assume that Republicans are most likely Trump votes while Democrats are HRC votes. When data is shared on early voting historically, that assumption is used.
The good news is that in the Rasmussen polling yesterday, 4% more Democrats are voting for Trump than HRC (16% D for Trump while 12% R for HRC). Also No Party Affiliation (Independents) has also been breaking for Trump. In Fox’s most recent poll last Monday, Trump was winning I by 8%. If we take both Rasmussen and Fox polls data, the likelihood of the tallies above would translate as the following in the votes mailed or early voted in so far:
R – 585,281 (R voting for Trump) + 105,299 (D voting for Trump) + 135,458 (I voting for Trump) +22,046 (Other voting for Trump) = 848,084 Total Votes
D – 552,818 (D voting for HRC) + 79,811 (R voting for HRC) + 115,390 (I voting for HRC) + 18,780 (Other voting for HRC) = 766,799
Trump = 52.5%
HRC = 47.5%
This is YUGE because Obama won early voting in FL by 5 points in 2012 and after election night he won the state by less than 1 point.
Folks, based on what we have data wise so far and the fact that the 17 counties didn’t start early voting until the 29th of October (which favors Trump based on data above), I can now soundly say that we will win FL by 9 to 10 points (55 – 45) ! (link (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/25/coach-bobby-bowden-put-me-down-for-eight/#comment-3133554))


Meanwhile the general media is saying


In the news
Election 2016: Florida spirals away from Donald Trump (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-clinton-florida-230275)Politico‎ - 16 hours ago

“We are winning and the press is refusing to report it. Don't let them fool you- get out and vote! #DrainTheSwamp on November 8th!” Trump ...

cheka.
25th October 2016, 07:26 PM
ziocon local radio -- lots of noise about corrupt crap going on in houston voting locales

expat4ever
25th October 2016, 08:50 PM
The fraud is blowing up on FB too. People are showing vids of pushing the rep ticket and the votes go Dem.

They cant hide it now with social media. People are checking carefully before they enter the votes. Of course how they are counted is really all that matters.

JohnQPublic
25th October 2016, 10:37 PM
Trump is killing it Wisconsin right now...if this is real.

http://wisconsinvote.org/election-results


https://i.sli.mg/4ZF5DK.png

Apparently not real: http://wisconsinvote.org/correction-test-election-returns-accidentally-released-wisconsin-vote

Correction: Test Election Returns Accidentally Released on Wisconsin VoteEditor's Note: Earlier, what appeared to be "live election results" were displayed on this website. These numbers weren't actual voting returns, but instead were random numbers our election results provider was using to test their Election Day reporting software. These tests weren't meant to be displayed, but were accidentally made available to be accessed. No real votes, including those cast via early absentee voting, will be counted in Wisconsin until polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. WisconsinVote.org will have actual live election results on the evening of Nov. 8.

Joshua01
26th October 2016, 06:51 AM
So many 'accidents' happen these days....it's uncanny

ximmy
26th October 2016, 11:27 AM
Voter Turnout For Trump Smashes Records! Hillary In Free Fall, Trump Surges. by IWB (http://investmentwatchblog.com/author/admin-2/) · October 26, 2016

Early voting has smashed records and if Donald Trump’s packed rallies are any indication, we may be witnessing a historic win for liberty.
On this Tuesday, Oct. 25th 2016 broadcast of the Alex Jones Show, we cover reports of rigged voting machines in Texas during early voting. On today’s show trends forecaster Gerald Celente joins to discuss crooked Hillary’s plan to steal the election. Also, founder of ClimateDepot.com (http://ClimateDepot.com) Marc Morano talks global warming and more.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3CapaDwD8

boogietillyapuke
26th October 2016, 01:02 PM
I just finished early voting in my little burg of NW Florida, I've never seen the lines as long as they were this time. No polling on exit so I don't know where they get their numbers from.

Cebu_4_2
26th October 2016, 01:06 PM
I just finished early voting in my little burg of NW Florida, I've never seen the lines as long as they were this time. No polling on exit so I don't know where they get their numbers from.


Russia?

midnight rambler
26th October 2016, 01:27 PM
I just finished early voting in my little burg of NW Florida, I've never seen the lines as long as they were this time. No polling on exit so I don't know where they get their numbers from.

Were you able to read those in line, as in get a feel who they might be voting for? (i.e. Kook-Aid drinkers vs. the lucid)

ximmy
26th October 2016, 03:09 PM
Signs of Monster Vote Surface in Butler County Ohio….


by sundance (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/26/signs-of-monster-vote-surface-in-butler-county-ohio/)
A 40% increase in absentee ballot requests from Ohio Republicans (over 2012) is a significant sign of the Monster Vote (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/06/09/oh-my-new-york-times-quietly-discusses-data-evidence-of-the-monster-vote/) surfacing…
https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/trump-thumbs-up.jpg?w=300&h=169 (https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/trump-thumbs-up.jpg)HAMILTON, Ohio (http://www.wcpo.com/news/government/elections-national/good-news-for-donald-trump-butler-countys-absentee-voting-shows-steady-increase-for-republicans) — If you’re trying to read the tea leaves, this could be very good news for Donald Trump: Absentee voting in Republican stronghold Butler County is up 9 percent this year compared to 2012, and 21 percent over 2008.
Two weeks before the election, the Butler County Board of Elections has seen 40 percent more requests from Republicans compared to 2012, and 51 percent more requests from Republicans compared to 2008. (read more (http://www.wcpo.com/news/government/elections-national/good-news-for-donald-trump-butler-countys-absentee-voting-shows-steady-increase-for-republicans))

boogietillyapuke
26th October 2016, 04:33 PM
Were you able to read those in line, as in get a feel who they might be voting for? (i.e. Kook-Aid drinkers vs. the lucid)

Not really.....not much discussion in line.......area up here is pretty much a solid red area........lots of retired vets. This was the area that the media called early for Gore and voting hadn't even ended yet.

ximmy
26th October 2016, 08:55 PM
New Polls: Trump Gaining in Pennsylvania, Ahead in Florida and Ohio
Why is Republican nominee Donald Trump leading in two battleground states and nearly tied in another with less than two weeks before the election? Experts, analysts, and Washington, D.C. insiders lectured the American people on how this was not supposed to happen.
According to a new poll (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Remington_OH_Oct_25th_2016.pdf), Trump maintains a healthy lead in Ohio over Hillary Clinton, 46 to 42 percentage points and in a Bloomberg Politics poll (http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-26/florida-poll) of Florida, Trump leads Clinton 45 to 43. In Pennsylvania (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Remington_PA_Oct_25th_2016.pdf), Trump continues to dwindle Clinton's lead where he is now within three points of the Democratic nominee.
Florida and Ohio are must wins for the Trump campaign, and combined with a win in Pennsylvania, Trump would more than likely be the next President of the United States.
In the most accurate poll of 2012, Trump is basically tied with Clinton nationally.
According to FiveThirtyEight (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/?_r=0), the Investor’s Business Daily/TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence poll predicted the correct outcome of that election, exposing Obama's dramatically underestimated performance and the falsehood of Romney's estimated clear victory.
At a rally in Tallahassee on Tuesday night, Trump made clear his intentions in the Sunshine State. “In 14 days we are going to win the state of Florida and we are going to win back the White House,” he declared.

Cebu_4_2
26th October 2016, 09:05 PM
New Polls: Trump Gaining in Pennsylvania, Ahead in Florida and Ohio


Why is Republican nominee Donald Trump leading in two battleground states and nearly tied in another with less than two weeks before the election? Experts, analysts, and Washington, D.C. insiders lectured the American people on how this was not supposed to happen.
According to a new poll (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Remington_OH_Oct_25th_2016.pdf), Trump maintains a healthy lead in Ohio over Hillary Clinton, 46 to 42 percentage points and in a Bloomberg Politics poll (http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-26/florida-poll) of Florida, Trump leads Clinton 45 to 43. In Pennsylvania (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Remington_PA_Oct_25th_2016.pdf), Trump continues to dwindle Clinton's lead where he is now within three points of the Democratic nominee.
Florida and Ohio are must wins for the Trump campaign, and combined with a win in Pennsylvania, Trump would more than likely be the next President of the United States.
In the most accurate poll of 2012, Trump is basically tied with Clinton nationally.
According to FiveThirtyEight (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/?_r=0), the Investor’s Business Daily/TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence poll predicted the correct outcome of that election, exposing Obama's dramatically underestimated performance and the falsehood of Romney's estimated clear victory.
At a rally in Tallahassee on Tuesday night, Trump made clear his intentions in the Sunshine State. “In 14 days we are going to win the state of Florida and we are going to win back the White House,” he declared.


Yet no exit poles...

jack1878
27th October 2016, 12:22 AM
I suspect a poll of weed smokers would yield a 90% vote for Trump.

I can't see how a weed smoker could vote for the current status quo.

Neuro
27th October 2016, 02:10 AM
I suspect a poll of weed smokers would yield a 90% vote for Trump.

I can't see how a weed smoker could vote for the current status quo.

90% wouldn't be arsed to go voting...

jack1878
27th October 2016, 07:16 AM
90% wouldn't be arsed to go voting...

Normally yes but this time its different.

ximmy
4th November 2016, 07:19 PM
FLORIDA ELECTION FRAUD – 150,000 vote by mail absentee ballots opened and counted without Canvassing Board verification in Broward County, FL – “There is no way to go backward on that.” – Ballots opened in secrecy, public inspections limited to 30 minutes, no time to challenge ballots.


Someone should get Pam Bondi and Ken Detzner on this.
Pam Bondi is Florida Attorney General

https://twitter.com/agpambondi
https://twitter.com/pambondi
Ken Detzner is Florida Secretary of State

Detzner certifies election results for the state of Florida.
https://twitter.com/kendetzner
http://dos.myflorida.com/about-the-department/office-of-the-secretary/
If sending email, please note: Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

.
Edit – Credit u/NeenerNanner (https://www.reddit.com/u/NeenerNanner)
Let’s get to work!
http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General
Use this link to file a complaint with Pam Bondi to have all the ballots in Broward County reviewed and verified! Florida is HUGE, and this is one of the biggest districts in the nation!

Summary
Broward County violated state election law by opening and counting 150,000 mail-in ballots without the Canvassing Board being present to verify each signature and address on each ballot. Ballots were opened in secret, and challenges were limited to 30 minutes per ballot.
There is no way to go backward and verify those ballots.
Florida GOP threatened a lawsuit by Nov, 3rd @ 9:00 am.
Broward County, FL
This is Debbie Wasserman Schultz congressional district.
Broward County had mailed duplicate absentee ballots out earlier this month due to “misprints.” Broward County doesn’t deny they opened and counted ballots without approval of the Canvassing Board.
We are following the standard practice for ballot by mail preparation. We haven’t done anything different than we have done in the past. The only difference is we sent out a no-match affidavit to the voters whose signatures are deemed to not match the signature on record
Brenda Snipes (http://www.browardsoe.org/Your-Election-Office/About-the-Supervisor)
—Supervisor of Elections – Broward County, FL


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0WcVwXSrE


Videos – Fox Business
Nov 3 – Florida’s Broward County responds to voter fraud allegations
Nov 3 – Fla. GOP chair resolves voter fraud claims
Nov 2 – GOP alleges voter fraud in Florida
More info:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article112183717.html
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/broward-mail-ballot-secrets-rpofs-got-you-covered-voters-0
Appearing on Fox News Wednesday, the chairman told Adam Shapiro, “Florida law prescribes that when the supervisor of elections takes in all these ballots, they have to be approved by the canvassing board.” And these were not.
The bottom line is, the officials have no legal authority to open the ballot envelopes.
The issue actually came to light behind the scenes a week ago, after the Republican National Lawyers Association sent Florida Bar-certified attorney David Shestokas from Chicago to watch the election in always-colorful Broward.
On Wednesday Ingoglia told Fox’s Shapiro 1) none of the ballots had been approved, 2) he had written a letter to Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda C. Snipes (see letter reproduced below (http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/sites/default/files/letter_rpof.jpg)), and 3) the party would file a lawsuit at 9 a.m. ET Thursday if county officials failed to respond to his complaint by close-of-business Wednesday.
within hours of receiving Ingoglia’s letter, sources told The Miami Herald, Snipes’ office had brokered this two-step compromise: