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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.
say we have no evidence of fraud, but, sean, their investigation is in the premature stage and only cursory so far. so it is good that the attorney general, pam bunty, is vowing an intensive examination. snipes had the audacity to stand in front of cameras and say until now nobody accused her of doing anything wrong. which is a lie. every election she's been presiding over since 2002 has been marred in controversy. the question is: is she capable of corruption? the track record says she is. >> sean: it isn't even that laws were broken. we saw what they said about florida constitution. without rehashing what i said about brenda snipes history, you have to wonder why she is there and more importantly what do you
entire blocks were literally wiped away. the area sustained billions upon billions of dollars in damage but on november 6th floridians in the panhandle, they 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 in palm beach, broward county, laws have been broken. none of this was caused by a hurricane, but rather by local officials by the incompetent, corrupt, and obviously feel they are above the law that 65 other florida counties, 65 of 67 adhered to. in palm beach county 15,000 new ballots were unearthed and counted after election night. and in broward county magically
desantis running 3,000 votes ahead of the democrat. that, too, is within the half percentage point margin that within the state of florida triggers by law an automatic recount. tampa bay times, probably not sleeping a lot these days, errol lewis is political anchor. steve, what we've heard from republican officials is this claim that a judge has ruled that there has been a violation of florida's constitution. listen to what the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee cory gardner said yesterday to jake tapper about this. >> is there any specific evidence at all of anyone committing fraud or trying to steal the election, trying to change the outcome? >> here is the specific evidence we have. we have a court in florida that has said there was a violation
of the florida constitution. >> does that in any way equal voter fraud? fact check that for everyone. >> no, it doesn't. the analysis here is kind of sloppy all the way around, frankly. everybody knows brenda snipes has not draped herself in glory here, and there's been allegations of incompetence and trying to count votes after the deadline on saturday and so on and so forth. the most specific thing i keep hearing is that she failed to meet a statutory standard to report totals 30 minutes after the polls closed and the law says every 45 minutes thereafter until all the votes are count. >> right. >> that was the norm in basically every other county except broward and palm beach but i don't see any other penalty provision in the statute for that, none. this is about -- >> just for our viewers at home
affect everyone in the country. i think that, for me that would be a single issue vote when i go to the polls. >> that is your single issue vote. okay. you have said -- let me quote you here. said, let me quote yo here, this is the present civil rights movement. we got bigger fights now. before we had lynchings. now these are legal lynching. you want to see basically an amendment to florida's constitution. and a change to the stand your ground law because the defense in this case, michael dunn's defense, who killed your son, was he thought he had a gun or thought he pulled something out. thought he was in danger. how do you want to see the stand your ground law changed? >> well, you know, it's not a matter of totally eradicating the law because if anyone is using it properly, you know, they need to be able to defend themselves and the territory within their homes but the law is very ambiguous. the law is -- there are a lot of loopholes in the law such as the