Sen. Rubio, Gov. Scott Warn Dems Trying to 'Steal The Election' in Florida

Long but IMPORTANT THREAT ON ELECTIONS IN #FLORIDA.#BayCounty was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago,yet managed to count votes & submit timely results.

Yet over 41 hours after polls closed #Broward elections office is still counting votes? #Sayfie

1/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward supervisor:
- says she doesn’t know how many ballots are left to be counted; &
- Isn’t reporting hourly or regularly,but rather releasing thousands of additional votes,often in the overnight hours,that are chipping away at GOP leads

2/6 #Sayfie

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law:

A court found they improperly handled votes by mail:https://t.co/NOE6qdbWly

Court found they destroyed ballots in 2016 in violation of state & federal law:https://t.co/ywP8qE46J5 #Sayfie

3/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Now democrat lawyers are descending on #Florida. They have been very clear they aren’t here to make sure every vote is counted.

- They are here to change the results of election; &
- #Broward is where they plan to do it.#Sayfie

4/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

A U.S. Senate seat & a statewide cabinet officer are now potentially in the hands of an elections supervisor with a history of incompetence & of blatant violations of state & federal laws.

Read Here: https://t.co/empQvOOgEb

5/6#Sayfie

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Broward election supervisors ongoing violation of #Florida law requiring timely reporting isn’t just annoying incompetence. It has opened the door for lawyers to come here & try to steal a seat in the U.S. Senate & Florida Cabinet
#Sayfie

6/6

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

#Florida law requires counties report early voting & vote-by-mail within 30 minutes after polls close. 43 hours after polls closed 2 Democrat strongholds #BrowardCounty & #PalmBeachCounty are still counting & refusing to disclose how many ballots they have left to count. #Sayfie pic.twitter.com/ReXCaOzkZP

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, these two blue bins,circled in the attached picture,hold the ballots that remain to be counted in #BrowardCounty as of 4:20pm this afternoon. Almost 48 hours after the polls closed. pic.twitter.com/EJxJYxq9XG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

What’s happening in #BrowardCounty happened just last August,albeit on a smaller scale.

9000 votes arrived in mail just before 7pm Election Day. Few days later incumbent school board member avoids runoff against @rpetty & a judge won by just 400 votes https://t.co/zUn7JszUMg

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Apparently #BrowardCounty elections left behind a box labeled “Provisional Ballots” at a local elementary school that served as a polling place.

Just let that sink in for a moment. https://t.co/o1Gn7mxOzG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

This report comes from reporter at South Florida Sun-Sentinel reporting from the #BrowardElections office. https://t.co/Hy9DiIIwIh

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

This video,posted by an Independent Cong candidate in 18 (who was endorsed by Bernie Sanders in 16) purports to show BrowardCounty ballots being transported from polling places in private cars.

Has anyone in local media looked into this claim or asked elections dept about it? https://t.co/1JztfdRudn

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

When did I ask anyone to stop counting? And how is criticizing repeated election failures by same election official a fight to stop vote counting?

Why can’t #BrowardCounty elections do what 65 of 67 counties did, count all votes in timely way & in compliance with #Florida law? https://t.co/dtujSqotYG

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

Every vote legally cast should be counted. That’s the law

Have no problem with recounts. That’s the law.

But last early votes were cast Sunday & had to be submitted by Tue evening. That the law too.

Yet 48 hours after deadline #BrowardCounty is only county still counting them

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 9, 2018

Accusing Democrats of conducting a coordinated effort to "steal" elections in a campaign of possibly "rampant fraud," Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott filed explosive lawsuits late Thursday against the top election officials in two heavily Democratic counties, as they continue to report new votes and three major races in the state appear headed for recounts.

In their lawsuit against Broward County, Scott and the National Republican Senatorial Committeee (NRSC) allege that officials there are hiding critical information about the number of votes cast and counted. And in a parallel suit against Palm Beach County, Scott and the NRSC charge that the election supervisor there illegally used her own judgment to determine voter intent when reviewing damaged or incorrectly filled-out absentee ballots, while refusing to allow impartial witnesses to monitor the process.

"I will not stand idly by while unethical liberals try to steal an election," Scott, who is currently Florida's governor, said at a press conference outside the Governor's Mansion, as he slammed potential "rampant fraud" in the race.

Law Enforcement is looking into another big corruption scandal having to do with Election Fraud in #Broward and Palm Beach. Florida voted for Rick Scott!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2018

As a resident of Broward County, we cannot allow Brenda Snipes and the Democrats to steal the election! Broward is the most corrupt county in the country! We must have non partisan person recounting! #FixIt

— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) November 9, 2018

Brenda Snipes is in charge of Broward County elections.

In 2016, a judge ruled that she "violated state & federal laws by destroying ballots from a 2016 Congressional race too soon — and while the ballots were the subject of a lawsuit against the office"https://t.co/F2nAVIamdd pic.twitter.com/DfePk4Oq3P

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 8, 2018

Polls closed over 48 hrs ago and #Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes doesn’t know – or is refusing to tell us – how many ballots are left to count.

We not going to let liberal activists overturn the will of the voters. pic.twitter.com/h8Eg6rXQJT

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) November 9, 2018

Dr. Snipes said Broward is done counting all votes except for military/overseas and provisional. Here’s the change in Broward’s reported votes since 4:30pm, as tracked by @ceostroff pic.twitter.com/jeXIvXzMot

— Alex Harris (@harrisalexc) November 9, 2018

Brenda Snipes is still doing it. She still won’t answer the most basic questions, including a bunch that are required by law. She still won’t say how many ballots remain. Unreal. https://t.co/QWtzeDQOsd

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 9, 2018

Florida Department of Law Enforcement has just confirmed they will investigate Broward and Palm Beach election officials, as requested by Rick Scott.

"Yes. We will investigate," FDLE spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger just told us https://t.co/xOIgjlM1vK

— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) November 9, 2018