Now why is Rick Scott and the Republicans acting so crazy about looking @ the vote in FL?

[Botany]

Rick Scott's campaign announces three more election lawsuits

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/rick-scott-florida-election-senate/index.html

It might be because they know what they did and what would be found out about them.

Thanx to DUer DetlefK for posting this

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211406625

Thousands of absentee-ballots discovered in postal facility, declared invalid.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/postal-facility-locked-pro-trump-mail-bomber-may-thousands-ballots-democrat-heavy-district/

An anonymous tip led to the discovery of “scores” of absentee ballots in a mail distribution facility that pipe bombs traveled through — after Miami-Dade County announced it finalized its vote counts for the 2018 midterms.

The Miami New Times reported that the Opa-locka mail distribution center was evacuated in October after Trump megafan Cesar Sayoc allegedly sent pipe bombs that passed through the facility.

That same center reportedly is still home to a huge number of uncounted mail-in ballots. Two sources that spoke to the New Times estimated the total could be in the hundreds or thousands.

Local activists demonstrated outside the mail facility and at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department over the uncounted ballots — but according to an official with the Elections Department, the ballots are now invalid.

[MaryMagdaline]

1. It's goung to a hand count. All ballots will be counted and no making up ballots in the Panhandle

[Iliyah]

2. Because

again, the steal.

[MichMan]

3. There were 266 ballots in the Post Office, not thousands

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211413429

[regnaD kciN]

4. For the same reason they took an identical approach in 2000...

They know they'll lose if all the votes get counted, so they're doing all they can to make sure that never happens.

[OneBro]

5. This sets a horrible precedent.

By allowing the invalidation of votes which remained unprocessed as a direct result of a bomb threat at the postal facility, they are effectively ENCOURAGING targeted bomb threats at other postal facilities, all timed to create similar vote invalidations in particular areas.

[StevieM]

11. I think you meant to say "precedent." But I agree with your points. (eom)

[OneBro]

12. Good catch! Thank you!

[monmouth4]

6. I'm upset that Palm Beach County says it's impossible to do the count by whatever that time

limit was. Hopefully they got an extension.

[Awsi Dooger]

8. Same thing in 2000

The certification date was too close to election day.

That forces the trailing candidate to enter the contest phase, which is extraordinarily more unlikely as a remedy, even if Anthony Scalia was too stupid to understand that in oral argument. I always laughed when he was touted as an intellectual, when it was solely based on words and not math or probability, where he stood out as a dunce multiple times

[Awsi Dooger]

7. Rick Scott is a crazed lowlife thieving liar

None of this is new to him, or surprising from him. Just imagine what he'll be like on the senate floor, if he gets there.

It was disgusting that we allowed Scott to remake his image over the past 2 years. Otherwise he loses this race by a few points and we aren't bothering with a recount.

[quaker bill]

9. Trumpian distraction

whatever you do, don't look at the red counties, all the "news" is in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach...

[matt819]

10. Full tinfoil

Or tongue firmly in cheek.

The bomber was directed to send the through that post office in order to disrupt the proper flow and counting of absentee ballots. Very crafty on the part of the trumpists.

[Botany]

13. I never meant to imply that the bomber actions were part of the plot.

n/y