Voting rights groups ask Fla. Gov. Rick Scott to step aside

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Voting rights groups ask Fla. Gov. Rick Scott to step aside
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TALLALHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the potential recounts in Florida’s U.S. Senate and governor elections (all times local):

5:40 p.m.

Two voting rights groups are asking Gov. Rick Scott to remove himself from any oversight of the 2018 election. They said that if he doesn’t, they will take him to court.

In a letter to Scott released to the media, the League of Women Voters and Common Cause said he should step down to ensure there’s no appearance of any impropriety, undue influence or conflict of interest.

The groups said that Scott intentionally “politicized” his oversight of the elections by calling for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate his suspicions of voter fraud in South Florida.

The FDLE said it hasn’t launched an investigation of voter fraud, and the state’s election division, which Scott runs, said Saturday that its observers in Broward had seen “no evidence of criminal activity.”

In the Senate race, Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s lead over Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson is less than 0.25 percentage points, which will require a hand recount of ballots from tabulation machines that couldn’t determine which candidate got the vote.

4:30 p.m.

Republican Ron DeSantis says Florida election results are clear and he is moving forward as he prepares to be the state’s next governor.

“Those results are clear and unambiguous, just as they were on Election Night,” DeSantis, a former congressman, said in a video posted Saturday on YouTube by the Republican Party of Florida.

Unofficial election results submitted Saturday show DeSantis ahead of Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum by less than 0.5 percentage points. Under state law, that margin requires a machine recount of ballots.

While DeSantis said it’s important to follow state law, he added, “With the election behind us, it’s now time to come together as a state as we prepare to serve all Floridians.”

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[Wingnut]

Right.  LOL The League of Women Voters and Common Cause

Two huge Communist orgs.   Go Pound sand. 

[TomSea]

The groups said that Scott intentionally “politicized” his oversight of the elections by calling for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate his suspicions of voter fraud in South Florida.

darn tootin', if you've got the power, do it.  These organizations show what jokes they are if they object to LE involved.

[Frank Cannon]

If these Commie fag groups are bitching, the GOP is doing the right thing.

Eff em all.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

" the League of Women Voters and Common Cause said he should step down to ensure there’s no appearance of any impropriety,"

Can I say "Look at the pot calling the kettle black?" without being accused of multiple, non-Rat 'isms'?

[skeeter]

Take the gloves off. The rats took theirs off years ago.

[Fishrrman]

Nope.
Mr. Scott should stand tall and fight with everything he's got.