no widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election in florida or any other state. florida republicans also embracing dark money tactics to deceive voters. new reporting taking us behind what is funding and what is known as ghost candidates. for the 2020 elections, mysterious independent candidates popped up on the ballot for the tight races for the florida senate. these candidates did not campaign for office but were boosted by a blitz that promoted them as progressives in an attempt to lure voters away from democrats in the race. it was a collection of tactics and strategies from the pandemic and miami to sway elections from mayor to state senator, resist efforts to reshape florida s constitution and advance the interest of some powerful
predicated on the information that dr. ford indicated. we understand that over the past two months this issue has been politicized. but as a school board and, quite frankly, the nation s fourth largest district and largest district in florida, we wanted to base our decision on science. it s pervasive throughout the state of florida and more specifically miami-dade county, and we wanted to honor florida s constitution to operate, maintain, and control a safe learned and healthy environment for our students. the courageous move we made with a 7-1 vote was something we were obligated to do under the constitution and it was the right thing to do morally. financially it could impact you. there are some financial penalties because of the governor s mandate do. you think this more counties will join you in defying the mask mandates? absolutely. i think those of us who serve in
before they could even vote. i want to read a quote from a republican, james grant, counters there. sponsored the bill, disputed that charization saying it demirchishs the atrocity of what a poll tax actually was. i think poll taxes were atrocious, so was florida s long history of having disenfranchisement permanently this was written in florida s constitution originally as a way to evade the 15th amendment s requirement that all people and black people would be able to vote along with right people. that same history lies behind this in florida and elsewhere and this this bill would take what was a bad policy the voters tried to fix it and make it very much about what people can afford and if you can t afford to pay your fines, you can t vote. while it may not be exactly the same as the poll taxes of yesteryear, it s a similar
florida. so far, three agencies in florida say we have no evidence of fraud. but, sean, their investigation is in a premature stage and only cursory so far. it s good the attorney general pam bondi is avowing an extensive investigation. snipes had the audacity to stand in front of cameras and stomach to say until now no one has ever accused her of doing wrong. that s a lie. every election she s been presiding over since 2002 has been marred in controversy. the question is is capable of corruption? her track record suggest she is. sean: let s go to andy. not even a question laws were broken. we saw what the judge said friday night about the florida constitution, laws in this particular case. without rehashing what he said in the opening monologue, i have
as we saw, was horrific. entire blogs were literally wiped away. the area sustained billions in damage. floridians in the panhandle went to the polls and their votes were counted. every single one of them on time in accordance with florida law and florida s constitution. sadly, the same cannot be said in southern florida. and palm beach, broward county s, we are witnessing a colossal disaster. laws have been broken. florida s constitution ignored. none of this caused by a hurricane, but rather local officials who are incompetent, corrupt, and obviously feel they are above the law, that 65 other florida counties, they adhered to. in palm beach county. 15,000 new ballots where on and counted after election night.