ST. LUCIE COUNTY An election lawsuit claiming fraud by two Republican candidates for County Commission was dismissed by a local judge. The appeal deadline was Wednesday, ending an attempt to overturn results of Nov. 3 local election.
Circuit Judge Laurie Buchanan s one-sentence decision to dismiss the case against Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker comes against the backdrop of calls from the state Republican Party for sweeping election reform. Some of the concerns raised in Tallahassee, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, mirror those at the heart of the local Republican lawsuit.
In their lawsuit, Ryan Collins and Christopher Thompson contested, without evidence, they “lost the election due to the large influx of mail-in ballots, according to the court records.