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Related: About this forumMinority Voter Intimidation Witnessed And Recorded In Miami-Dade County On Election Night
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/05/minority-voter-intimidation-witnessed-recorded-broward-county-election-night.htmlLate Tuesday night, Democrat Charlie Crist called up incumbent Republican Rick Scott to concede in Floridas gubernatorial race. Heading into Election Day, polls showed the two candidates in a virtual tie. After all the precincts had reported, Scott came out ahead by roughly 70,000 votes, 48.2% to 47%, just outside Floridas recount margin of .5%. The win seemed to fit within the accepted narrative of a GOP wave, where Republican candidates defeated Democrats in Senate, House and gubernatorial races across the country.
However, Floridas race may be a bit more complicated than that as a number of disturbing events seemed to occur in Broward County and South Florida, a stronghold for Democrats and an area that could have carried Crist to victory with strong turnout. It came to Crusts attention on Tuesday that there were a number of issues going on in Broward County related to voting machine malfunctions and voters being sent to different polling locations. At least one polling location was not operational for at least an hour Tuesday morning, preventing voters from casting ballots before heading off to work.
The combination of a number of factors created lines of at least half an hour in a number of precincts in Broward County. Due to this, Crist filed an emergency motion to keep those polls open at least another hour. However, despite ample evidence that a large number of voters had been impacted and had their ability to vote suppressed, a Circuit Court judge denied Crists request. Those who were still in line when the polls closed at 7 PM ET were still allowed to cast their votes, but nobody else was able to go back in line, even if they had to leave previously or had been given inaccurate information about their polling location.
It appears it wasnt just long lines and machine malfunctions that possibly helped get Scott reelected. While voting late Tuesday afternoon, Izak Pratt of Miami-Dade County noticed a poll worker giving inaccurate information to a black man who was attempting to cast his vote. The man had a US passport as identification. However, the poll worker told the man that he needed a drivers license with his current home address on it in order to vote. As recounted in a piece for The Gaily Grind, Pratt intervened after the man gave up and was walking out.
However, Floridas race may be a bit more complicated than that as a number of disturbing events seemed to occur in Broward County and South Florida, a stronghold for Democrats and an area that could have carried Crist to victory with strong turnout. It came to Crusts attention on Tuesday that there were a number of issues going on in Broward County related to voting machine malfunctions and voters being sent to different polling locations. At least one polling location was not operational for at least an hour Tuesday morning, preventing voters from casting ballots before heading off to work.
The combination of a number of factors created lines of at least half an hour in a number of precincts in Broward County. Due to this, Crist filed an emergency motion to keep those polls open at least another hour. However, despite ample evidence that a large number of voters had been impacted and had their ability to vote suppressed, a Circuit Court judge denied Crists request. Those who were still in line when the polls closed at 7 PM ET were still allowed to cast their votes, but nobody else was able to go back in line, even if they had to leave previously or had been given inaccurate information about their polling location.
It appears it wasnt just long lines and machine malfunctions that possibly helped get Scott reelected. While voting late Tuesday afternoon, Izak Pratt of Miami-Dade County noticed a poll worker giving inaccurate information to a black man who was attempting to cast his vote. The man had a US passport as identification. However, the poll worker told the man that he needed a drivers license with his current home address on it in order to vote. As recounted in a piece for The Gaily Grind, Pratt intervened after the man gave up and was walking out.
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Minority Voter Intimidation Witnessed And Recorded In Miami-Dade County On Election Night (Original Post)
KamaAina
Nov 2014
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Independent_Liberal
(4,108 posts)1. All morning long, I couldn't shake this feeling...
Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)3. Something Just Posted On Florida Site By hay rick...
I said the same thing... something STINKS! I don't know what the post is implying, but you might be able to figure it out.
I DON'T think Crist lost. Can't prove anything, but have posted many times how many people I met who told me they couldn't stand Scott. Even some of my grandson and grand daughter's (R) friends who told me, without me asking that they were voting for Crist!
I'm no conspiracy theorist, but can't shake this feeling.
glinda
(14,807 posts)2. Of course....well planned highjack all across the Country for the most part.