US judge calls for "rhetoric" fraud, Australian democrat extends role: NPR

Workers load ballots into machines at the office of the Broward County Election Supervisor at a recount Sunday in Lauderhill, Florida.

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Workers load ballots into machines at the office of the Broward County Election Supervisor at a recount Sunday in Lauderhill, Florida.

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While the stories are ongoing in Florida, a judge is warned Monday to "end the rhetoric" while the biggest Republicans – including President Trump – cast doubt on the process.

According to the Associated Press, law enforcement and election observers have found no evidence of wrongdoing, but Republican lawyers and candidates, as well as Trump, have claimed – without evidence – that there had been irregularities and fraud to voters, in addition to the inappropriate behavior of local voters. officials, who cast doubt on the integrity of the process.

The President tweeted early Monday morning that the elections were to be called in favor of Republican Governor Rick Scott, who calls on Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, and former GOP representative Ron DeSantis in his candidacy for the governor on the Mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum. "An honest count of votes is no longer possible: the ballots are massively infected, you have to go there the night of the election!" Trump wrote.

With the Republicans leading the Senate and governors, both competitions are in the 0.5% margin requiring a statewide recount. Many of the outstanding ballots could come from overseas military personnel, who could count their ballots as they arrive by Friday and post the stamp by the 6th of May. November. It is therefore hardly unusual for votes to be counted after polling day.

Chief Circuit Judge Broward, Jack Tuter, made these comments at an emergency hearing requested by Scott's lawyers, stating, "I urge you, because of the highly public nature of this case, to bring down the speech. "

"If a person involved in this lawsuit or in this county has evidence of election fraud or irregularities in the supervisor's office, they must report it to their local law enforcement officer." said Tuter. "If the lawyers know, they have to swear an affidavit, but everything they say in front of the election office is broadcast all over the country, we have to pay attention to what we say. things these days. "

Republicans questioned the Broward County election supervisor Brenda Snipes, wondering why the county was slow to count the votes. Snipes pointed out the high turnout and poll length.

The AP clarified that at the hearing, Scott's legal team claimed that Snipes was involved in "suspicious and illegal vote counting practices" against state law and that it could "destroy evidence of any error, accident or unlawful conduct ". They also requested that additional sheriff deputies be sent to his office to supervise ballots and voting machines, including being present to monitor them when they were not in use.

Snipes' lawyers refuted that Scott's campaign goal was to "undermine" faith in the elections and, ultimately, the result if that did not favor them. The Broward County office already has cameras, MPs and security guards protecting the ballots.

The judge finally ordered the parties to meet to find a compromise, and three MPs will be added to the Broward election office.

Tuter is not the only one responsible for Florida to register an apparent frustration related to White House rhetoric. According to Miles Parks of NPR, Mark Early, Election Supervisor in Leon County, said he did not want to comment on the policy, but pointed out that they were officials who were working hard to ensure that each vote counted equally.

"You have dedicated patriots who sleep without sleep to protect democracy and if anyone is undermining it, especially when they have a role to play in ensuring everything is done right, our country suffers," said the county supervisor Leon. .

Georgia counties are subject to a deadline

In neighboring Georgia, the battle between Republican governors Brian Kemp, who leads closely, and the Democrat Stacey Abrams is also under scrutiny.

According to WABE reporter Johnny Kauffman, Georgia's newly appointed state secretary Robyn Crittenden said the deadline for counties to certify election results is no later than Tuesday at 5 pm AND.

Kemp resigned last week as secretary of state, hoping not only to win but also criticize the fact that he oversees the close count. Throughout their race, Abrams claimed that Kemp had attempted to suppress minority voters and new registrations.

Kauffman reports that in the trials, the state wrote that Crittenden should be able to certify his election as soon as possible and that any delay would prevent preparations for the next clashes in December.

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Abrams campaign is attempting to find the remaining provisional ballots or other non-counted ballots in order to bring Kemp's total below 50%, forcing a second round next month. From 4:25 pm and Monday, Kemp had 50.26% of the vote.

Democrats are also taking legal action to force counties to revise certain ballot papers and to delay Wednesday the state's deadline. The Kemp campaign called such efforts "frivolous" and says that Abrams should concede.

Arizona Democrat increases its lead

The Senate race in Arizona also remains in limbo. According to the Republic of Arizona, with the counting of additional ballots, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has widened her lead over Republican Martha McSally to more than 30,000 votes. There are still about 215,000 ballots to count, but the Sinema campaign says they come from pro-Democratic areas. The counting was delayed because of the need to verify the signatures of the postal ballots.

If Sinema wins, this would represent a democratic resumption of the free seat of retired Republican Senator Jeff Flake. Arizona has not elected a Democrat in the Senate since 1988.

But now it's rumored that Sinema and McSally are going to the Senate, as Arizona Republic The rostrum asked Governor Doug Ducey to nominate McSally to the other Senate seat of Arizona. Former GOP Senator Jon Kyl has been appointed to fill the term of the late Senator John McCain, but if Kyl withdraws, Ducey will have to appoint another Republican to replace him.