Rick Scott denied: Florida judge can't find 'any evidence' to impound Broward voting machines
A Florida judge on Monday morning denied Florida Governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott's request to impound Broward County voting machines and ballots when they were not in use, a move that appeared to be a nakedly partisan effort to cast doubt on the integrity of Broward's recount process. "I don’t think I have any evidence to enter a mandatory injunction right now,” said state court Judge Jack Tuter, and Jeb Bush appointee, in denying Scott's request. Tuter also urged both sides to "ramp down the rhetoric" and said anyone who actually had evidence of fraud should come forward. "Transparency is imperative in this case," he added.
Florida is currently a tangled web of recounts and lawyers that's likely to get much worse before it gets better. Monday’s hearing included four cases and 17 lawyers according to Buzzfeed's Dominic Holden. “Everyone wants to intervene in every case, basically,” Tuter said at the outset.
Ultimately, Tuter tasked all the parties with coming up with some monitoring agreement amongst themselves and suggested having three sheriff's deputies monitor the election headquarters. Lawyers for the parties in the case are supposed to provide their proposal to the judge by 1 PM EST.
“I am not casting any dispersions on any officials right now. I am going to leave it to you and see if you can reach an agreement," Tuter said before recessing.
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