once that is done, broward will run 800,000 ballots through recounting machines. governor rick scott and incumbent bill nelson left scott leading by just 12,000 votes out of 8 million past year that s after round one. six lawsuits in total have been filed by these two candidates, four by scott, to go by nelson. a broward judge denied scott s motion today to allow state cops inside the recount room and impound valve machines not in use, but the judge did decide to add three more broward sheriff s deputies to make sure everything is running properly. the governor race not as close as the senate race with ron desantis leading tallahassee democrat mayor andrew gillum by 33,000 votes. both parties really want their man in the governor s mansion, seeing that as an edge in this toss-up state that is so close, so close we have three statewide
have any chain of custody. anybody that watches any crime custom in nonaction on those the chain of custody. laura: every ballot must be insured. it ought not to go out the office both without a republican and democrat watching where it goes. laura: are you concerned this could go forward happening in 2020? one of the reasons we have a national voter registration act and help america vote act is to provide money to the states to make sure this does not happen again. laura: gentlemen, thank you very much. my angle takes on michelle obama s new memoir. stay right there.
court decision in august against brenda snipes, i was intrigued that she said she never made a mistake before, they were opening absentee ballots unsupervised in secret. the reason that significant is you ve got to verify the absentee ballot is from a legal vote or before that ballot is taken out and put into the anonymous box where you can t otherwise pull it back. she was doing this and got an injunction issued to stop that. these are the kind of things routinely going on down there. that s a problem. we learned that in 2000. we learned it about dimpled ballots that cannot be dimpled without breaking the thing unless you packed in several ballots at once. these are the kind of things that have been going on there way too long. laura: some of the smaller races that are very significant positions in florida have also been affected by this. after trailing republican matt caldwell after tuesday s a vote for the agricultural commissioner which is a big position in florida, has enormous
electoral laws and make sure that we have a system in place that instills confidence in the residents of the state of florida. laura: floridians, at this point, it s about your pride. we ve got to get your pride back. and just fix this. republican/democrat, doesn t matter. just fix this so this ridiculous situation does not occur for yet the next election. we appreciate you both being on tonight. just today, governor rick scott coming under fire, two different fronts. first, a group of florida voters filed a lawsuit alleging that scott has illegally abused his power as governor to swing the outcome of his race. second, his incumbent democratic senator bill nelson is calling for his recusal. watch. we don t have it. we are going to keep going for joining me now, constitutional law expert, professor john
brenda snipes, i was intrigued that she said she never made a mistake before, they were opening absentee ballots unsupervised in secret. the reason that significant is you ve got to verify the absentee ballot is from a legal voter before that ballot is taken out and put into the anonymous box where you can t otherwise pull it back. nd she was doing this and got an injunction issued to stop that. these are the kind of things routinely going on down there. that s a problem. we learned that in 2000. we learned about dimpled ballots that can t be dimpled without breaking the thing. unless you packed in several ballots at once. these are the kind of things that have been going on there way too long. laura: some of the smaller races that are very significant positions in florida have also been affected by this. after trailing republican matt caldwell after tuesday s a vote for the agricultural commissioner which is a big position in florida, has enormous significance in policymaking in the