something trob bli wrong, we fought on 3 fronts, we fought in courts, recount centers and fought in the streets because we were outraged of what was happening, the only thing different from 2000 and today the vote count, in 2000 only 537 have tens of thousands of votes and they only seem to be finding democratic votes by the thousands, something is terribly wrong in two counties at least in florida out of 67 counties and always seems to be the same tune. rob: broward, one to have biggest is 700,000 voters there, you have brenda snipes involved there and she s got this interesting past i guess you would say. the lead for rick scott is narrowing from 58,000 to 13,000, how does that happen? well, that s the question we want to know and we don t have the answer. she held a press conference the other day and she couldn t even
that cold, rainy night in tallahassee when you certified the vote, i think we started around 1200 and it settled around 537. that was the marker that george bush was challenging all gore to catch. 537 votes. we went through the whole definition of voter intent 18 years ago and you really get a sense now that that s the direction where this legal challenge is headed as well. over the last 18 years, do you think florida has been able to define voter intent better in 2018 than we did in the year 2000? well, we re not having hanging or dangling chads this year. we ve gone to a paper ballot. so clearly voter intent might be more easily understood if someone marked one out and marked out the name and actually voted for the next. i couldn t speak to voter intent. they ll have their own set of standards that should be followed across the state.
house. he joins us loi live. i have to ask you right after thoff thebat. feeling the signs of deja vu? i get the shakes of something with what s happening in florida. 67 counties in florida it seems always to come down to broward and palm beach county. the incompetence is rank there. and it s a shame. it shouldn t be happening. and you know when bush origin family won the state it was by 537 votes. something they could not yor come iovercome in recount. why hasn t state law and maybe provisions within twoaz two counties, why hasn t it been fixed in 18 years? you know, that s the problem, ed, is in a national election, in the a federal election, we should have national voting standards. if state and local elections want to follow different rules
about the crowds getting pretty rowdy in a way that really didn t happen in 2000. there were protests, but you guys went to joe stone crab afterward. it was more theater than anything else. as a matter of fact, democrats didn t show up. republicans did things, we took things out of their play book. we assumed assumed they would show up en masse and they never did. and the republicans did civil disobedience we were not known for, but effective. leland: prediction? prediction, the numbers aren t there historically for a recount of this magnitude. i m talking about in votes, to have an overturning of the election. remember, bush was only ahead by 537 votes and they couldn t manage to overturn that. leland: there is this feeling among republicans that somehow, in broward county, or palm beach, they are going to back up semis of newly found ballots and suddenly it s going to tip the scales of the election. is that more stoking the fire of
welcome back, everyone. the florida races for senate and governor are getting even tighter tonight. are both headed for a recount in states famous, you can say inpau must, that grueling, remember, 36 recount battle between george bush and al gore in 2000, that just kept us hostage forever. keith boykin is here as well as alice stewart. we don t want to relive those days. that was painful. good evening to both of you. keith, give me your reaction to what s going on in florida. it s very disturbing. you mentioned florida 2000. 537 votes decide that had election. today we re in a race where less than 0.5% of the vote between andrew gillum and ron desantis, we re less than a quarter percent of the vote, smaller percentage between rick scott and bill nelson. there is an automatic recount that is almost guaranteed to happen in both races. i think you need to count every vote. rick scott going on television today talking about how there is voter fraud with no evidence to